SMKN 1 ROTA Bayat is located in Bayat, Klaten – Central Java as a senior secondary vocational school specializing in ceramic/ pottery and batik. The school was built 2009 and funded by ROTA – Qatar Foundation on a plot of land of approximately 26,000 sqm.

Here are some pictures from Padang Eartquake. Death tolls more than 1,195 people (383 in Padang City, 666 in Padang Pariaman regency, 48 in Pariaman City, 11 in Pesisir Selatan regency and 81 in Agam regency).

Participants:
Astuti Widyaningsih
Lily Kasoem
15th – 16th October, 2009
Assessment
We left from Jakarta at 6 am on Thursday, October 15, 2009 and arrived in Padang at around 7.30 am. At the airport, we were met by Mrs. Rahimah, the Chairperson of the AFS student organization and Refki, a student from ITB , Bandung, who had generously offered to be our guides during the duration of our stay in Padang. We drove straight to Pariaman which was a 3 hours drive from the airport and the town nearest to the epicentre of the earthquake, hence, which suffered the most.
After ten months of construction process, SMKN 1 ROTA Bayat has successfully started its first school year of 2009/2010. To acknowledge this special moment, an opening ceremony was taken place on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at the school’s Open Hall.
Preceding the school year 2009/2010, SMKN 1 Rota Bayat conducted a school orientation program for its newly joined students. The program lasted for 3 days involving the whole elements of the school management: The headmaster, teachers and of course, Titianers.