Employer Responsibilities

Some local costs incurred by recipients are not covered by the scholarship.

These costs include: travel to EAP training, medical exam, passport, and travel to point of departure. These costs must be borne by the recipient's employer, or if the employer does not want to pay these costs the applicant must pay the costs.

Public Sector Employers

The Government of Indonesia will be required to do the following for the public sector scholarship recipients:

• release awardees from their duties to attend full-time English for Academic Purposes (EAP) training in Indonesia;
• provide travel costs to EAP training centres for awardees not living in Jakarta or Denpasar;
• provide medical and x-ray examination costs necessary to meet the Australian Immigration requirements for a Student Visa for Australia;
• process official passports and exit permits; and
• provide travel expenses to the point of departure (Jakarta/Denpasar) prior to awardee's travel to Australia.

Note: Pegawai Negeri cannot apply in the Non-Public Sector category, nor can people in the process of applying to become Pegawai Negeri. No prior Government approval is required for people applying in the Non-Public Sector and applications are to be submitted directly to the APS Office.

Non-Public Sector Recipients

Employers of scholarship awardees will be required to do the following for the non-public sector scholarship recipients:

• release awardees from their duties to attend full-time EAP training in Indonesia;
• provide travel costs to EAP training centres for awardees not living in Jakarta or Denpasar;
• provide medical and x-ray examination costs necessary to meet the Australian Immigration requirements for a Student Visa for Australia;
• provide travel expenses to the point of departure (Jakarta/Denpasar) prior to awardee's travel to Australia.