Jakarta – Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim has highlighted the value of quality human resources for the education change that the Merdeka Belajar (Freedom in Knowing) program is trying to achieve.
” Human resources are the most important part, not technology. Innovation only assists in human resources. Human resources are the start and end secrets for the education change imagined by Merdeka Belajar,” he said at an occasion broadcast on nationwide television here on Friday.
Several efforts have been required to enhance the quality of personnels, such as guaranteeing that the leaders of schools have the vision to make modifications and innovate, which is what the ‘Educators as Driving Forces’ Program is seeking to achieve, he added.
Besides, there is also the Kampus Merdeka (Freedom Campus) Program that is intending to eradicate barriers in between universities and industry along with within the school itself, Makarim said.
The Kampus Merdeka requires a massive paradigm shift that requires to be motivated, he included.
According to the minister, the chance for students to study outside their study programs, whether in companies, non-profit organizations, or research projects, would provide another campus for the students to find out for one semester.
He affirmed that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Innovation is likewise motivating more professionals to become on-campus lecturers and on-campus teachers and speakers to seek off-campus experiences starting next year.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Innovation is also continuing to broaden the scale of the ‘Schools as Driving Forces’ Program, increase the variety of trainees involved in the Kampus Merdeka, increase accredited internship chances, independent research study jobs, and the scope of ‘Teachers as Driving Forces’ Program, he notified.
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