A decision made by the Education and Culture Ministry to team up with streaming platform Netflix has been consulted with criticism.
A member of the House of Representatives, Willy Aditya of the NasDem Party, said the collaboration was unethical despite the fact that it did not break any policies.
” Although the partnership did not breach any regulations, on an ethical level it’s still doubtful. Rather than Netflix, the Education and Culture Ministry must work together with other state-owned enterprises,” Willy said on Thursday.
Starting on Saturday, the ministry is to transmit numerous Netflix initial documentaries as part of its Belajar dari Rumah(Study from House) program.
Belajar dari Rumah is a full-day curriculum that assists students who are required to study from house due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has actually been airing daily on public television broadcaster TVRI because mid-April.
Among the documentaries that air every Saturday at 9: 30 p.m. are Our Planet, Street Food: Asia, Cleaning with Marie Kondo, Spelling the Dream, Going After Coral and Night on Earth Reruns of the stated programs, which include Indonesian subtitles, will be available on Sundays and Wednesdays at 9 a.m.
House of Representatives Commission X chairman Syaiful Huda said the cooperation would restrict room for imagination among the Indonesian youth.
” We believe there are a lot of youths in the nation that might develop more creative documentaries, short movies or standards for students during this period of learning from house,” Huda stated in a statement on Thursday as reported by kompas.com
” I wonder why the education ministry as the home for education [in the country] chose to work together with a foreign streaming platform just for its documentaries.”
Huda challenged the ministry for not working with local production houses instead to develop premium and entertaining material for students during remote studies.
” Why should they work together with a video streaming platform that has yet to reveal clear contributions to the country’s earnings? We still have the National Movie Center [PFN] and university student [with expertise] in visual interaction design. Why didn’t [the ministry] provide the opportunity?” he stated.
Netflix said that the business’s partnership with the Education and Culture Ministry was based on a free-of-charge contract in the hope its documentaries could reach a larger audience.
” Worldwide, teachers and educational companies have actually asked if we can make a few of our documentaries readily available throughout the crisis and we enjoy to assist with no expense,” a Netflix spokesperson stated in a declaration acquired by The Jakarta Post on Friday.
” Our partnership with the Education and Culture Ministry assists reach more audiences in Indonesia considered that TVRI has across the country protection, particularly for students who may not have stable web gain access to while they learn from home.
” We selected titles that are suggested to assist students find out and be inspired through varied, enjoyable and useful stories, especially during these difficult times when schools are closed,” it added.
Jakarta Post.
