YOGYAKARTA (14/04). Monitoring and Evaluation activities collect data on the realization of programs, report activities, and assess and evaluate students’ performance achievements. It aims to prove and account for program activities as evaluation material to make subsequent programs more efficient. Therefore, implementing monitoring and evaluation is very important in an organization.
Friday, April 14, 2023, a monitoring and assessment activity was held at the Zoom meeting. This activity was attended by the Director of IGOV, Sakir Ridho Wijaya, S.IP., M.IP, two IGOV staff, Muhammad Naufal Rofi, S.IP, and Nurul Izzah Aulia, as well as 16 students who were conducting student exchanges in four different countries. This event began with remarks from the director of IGOV, Sakir Ridho Wijaya, S.IP., M.IP. Then the progress of activities at each university and the obstacles they faced while studying abroad were carried out.
Experience studying abroad turns them to have experienced difficulties that made them have to be able to adjust to the culture in the area. They were enthusiastic about conveying ups and downs, especially during Ramadan in neighboring countries. Another obstacle to living abroad is the mosque’s location, which takes 30 minutes from their dormitory, allowing them to get acquainted with Muslims from other countries. Besides that, Moch Noer Rizza, a student exchange student at Khon Kaen University, Thailand, advised always hanging out with fellow Indonesian students abroad. Apart from creating cohesiveness, participating in student associations abroad makes our difficulties easily overcome because we have friends ready to help.
