The national curriculum will be reviewed in 2024, Head of the Educational Standards, Curriculum, and Assessment Agency of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) Anindito Aditomo has said. “The national curriculum policy will be reviewed in 2024 based on evaluations during the learning recovery period,” he said during a working meeting with Commission X of the House of Representatives (DPR), which was accessed online from here on Wednesday. According to Aditomo, before the pandemic, schools in Indonesia implemented the 2013 Curriculum. Then, from 2020 to 2021 amid the pandemic, schools implemented either the 2013 Curriculum or the Emergency Curriculum. Meanwhile, in 2021–2022, schools can choose to implement the 2013 Curriculum or the Emergency Curriculum, while schools that are part of the Sekolah Penggerak (Activator Schools) and Center of Excellence Vocational High Schools programs will implement the Prototype Curriculum, he explained. During the learning recovery period from 2022 to 2024, all schools will have a choice between the 2013 Curriculum, the Emergency Curriculum, and the Prototype Curriculum, he informed. “In 2024, the national curriculum policy will be determined based on the evaluation of the curriculum implemented during the learning recovery period,” he said. Aditomo affirmed that the ministry will continue to monitor the implementation of the Prototype Curriculum. In addition, it will also provide training and guidance for teachers and school principals through programs such as Guru Penggerak (Activator Teachers), Sekolah Penggerak (Activator Schools), and Center of Excellence Vocational High Schools, he added. “It is estimated that in 2024, the ecosystem would have been achieved: there will be many teachers, principals, school administrators who will understand the new learning philosophy and become partners for other schools,” he said. The essence of education is not just content but what students can achieve through learning, he remarked. Source: Antara News

The National Economic Recovery (PEN) funds will not be utilized for the development of Indonesia’s new capital (IKN) if their use is deemed to violate Law Number 2 of 2020, the Finance Minister has said.

The law is the basis for the distribution of the funds, Sri Mulyani Indrawati noted.

“If we are going to reallocate, such as (through) refocusing, there must be a reason and a basis,” she said during a working meeting with Commission XI of the House of Representatives, accessed online from Jakarta on Wednesday.

With regard to the development of the new capital, the government could also use the budget allocated to ministries and institutions, for example, the budget for the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (KemenPUPR), which is pegged at Rp110 trillion for 2022, she advised.

The minister said she could use the national economic recovery (PEN) budget of Rp178.3 trillion for the economic strengthening cluster, which, in 2020, was also used for food security programs.

A part of the PEN funds for the economic strengthening cluster could be used to build essential infrastructure in Indonesia’s new capital when the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing is ready to carry out the works, she suggested.

“We will see the readiness of the ministries and institutions. We will also see the execution capacity of the ministries and institutions,” the minister assured.

The government earlier estimated that the total budget requirement for Indonesia’s new capital would reach Rp466 trillion.

Of the total funds, Rp89.4 trillion will be sourced from the state budget, Rp253.4 trillion from government business entity cooperation (KPBU), and Rp123.2 trillion from the private sector, officials said.

At least 180 thousand central government employees will be relocated to Indonesia’s new capital spanning the districts of Penajam Paser Utara and Kutai Kartanegara in East Kalimantan, an official informed earlier.

“The central government is 100-percent ready for the new capital city,” acting regional secretary of Penajam Paser Utara district, Muliadi, said in Penajam on Wednesday.

According to data provided by the central government, there is a plan for relocating 180 thousand central government employees, he added.

The transferred employees are expected to gain an understanding of each task and function and get acquainted with living in East Kalimantan, he said.

Officials and newcomers who are about to move to East Kalimantan should be able to mingle with the local community to ensure there are no social conflicts, he added.

Central government employees will also need to gain an understanding of the local context and outlook that prevails in Penajam Paser Utara and Kutai Kartenegara districts, he said.

“It is the same for local people, that this region has become Indonesia’s capital territory,” he remarked.

An understanding between newcomers and local people needs to be arrived at through special means, such as by involving the Pancasila Ideology Development Agency (BPIP), to instill the context of national insight, as the problem is complex, he said.

 

Source: Antara News