You have criticized Ashley Platts and Mariam Kartikatresni for their roles in the Helmy V. disaster. Did Luke Preece play any role in this matter? None whatsoever. In mid 2009, Luke Preece, Lilies Agustine and Matthew France were all tucked away at TBI Dago together. It was a shame for TBI that they ever moved…
We have long been arguing that one of the main reasons that The British Institute is failing is because of the inept TBI Director, Mariam Kartikatresni. See Part 2. of our interview series on this blog for an exploration of this theme. With this post, we want to point to Mariam’s work as a choreographer…
Before returning to the lax supervision and tax-shy business dealings of Dr. Pauwsan Sutanto, we offer a short post on the incredible ignorance of the TBI Director. How long were you the manager of TBI Kelapa Gading? For two years and five months. How many times did Mariam Kartikatresni contact you personally during that period…
In this article we interview the former TBI School Manager who attended the TBI Serpong audit for 2011. We aim to lift the lid a little on this least-discussed of TBI franchise schools. What do you know about TBI Serpong? Not a lot really. I have been there once and that was on the 2011…
In this part, we look at the poor advice and guidance which Ashley Platts gave his supposed friend Chris Needham and explore whether Chris was really a victim of his supposed ‘mentor’. One of the victims of Binsar mentioned that TBI “always speaks so highly of itself.” Would you say there is a culture of…
In this part we look at the real power politics, the endless turf war between Ning Anhar and Mariam Kartikatresni. I was once asked by a part-time teacher about the conflict between Martika Kartikatresni and Ning Anhar. How well-known is it in your experience? Was the teacher Indonesian? Yes she was. Why? In my experience…
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