Denpasar- Ganesha University of Education (Undiksha) held the 2021 Development Coordination Meeting (Rakorbang), from 3 to 5 December 2019. There are a number of programs included as a priority scale that must be rolled out, both in the academic and collaboration fields, in the financial sector and human resource development, and in the student affairs sector. The program is a strategy to accelerate realizing the university’s vision.
Chancellor of Undiksha, Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Jampel, M.Pd., who opened the meeting at the Bali Beach Hotel, Denpasar said that in the development of higher education, future development challenges are basically centered on 5 (five) main issues, namely: (1) the ability to elaborate and optimize appropriate technology with the breath of revolution 4.0, (2) alignment of various academic policies so that they refer to institutional clustering towards excellent universities, (3) restructuring by aligning the Tri Dharma paradigm of Higher Education so that it is in line with the bills of the times, (4) reorienting curriculum, digitizing learning and strengthening blended online learning to produce superior and competitive human resources (HR), and (5) the ability of each PT to downstream technology products by strengthening the Dharma management of research and community service. “Undiksha must answer this challenge by reorienting the preparation of programs and activities that are aligned with the budget allocation we have,” he said.
This challenge, he continued, was used as a trigger for multipurpose innovation by Undiksha as billed by society today. The planning and implementation of various programs of higher education activities are adjusted and adapted to the needs of the world of work, namely following market needs and in line with the wishes of the investors of life. The research conducted is also encouraged to be able to produce appropriate technology products accompanied by compatible scientific publications in order to be able to boost the downstream program and achieve a world-class university.
Referring to the challenges of the global world and the general policy of developing higher education, in 2020, Undiksha has determined at least five priority programs that must be referred to and developed by all academics, namely: (1) referring to and encouraging the establishment of Undiksha’s excellence in Asia in 2045, ( 2) actually strengthen the increase in higher education clustering, (3) encourage the strengthening and improvement of accreditation components and aspects of institutions and study programs, (4) refer and support the achievement of performance contracts between the ministry of education and culture with the chancellor, and (5) strengthen and accelerate the achievement institutional performance restructuring and the production of superior human resources. “This cannot be negotiated by every Undiksha member in the development and determination of the program of activities for 2021. Because with the establishment of a targeted program, excellence and improvement of institutional clustering will be realized,” he said.
In order to realize the program, said the Chancellor from Nusa Dua, Badung Regency, it is necessary to develop various aspects, including digitizing learning, strengthening e-learning content, scientific publications, and obtaining intellectual property rights or patents for lecturers and students. Besides that, the programs developed are also directed at achieving independent status in the field of research and community service from an institutional perspective. In the field of facilities and infrastructure as well as human resources, the program is also directed at efforts to realize the idealization of the ratio of human resources to services on all lines, as well as the realization of adequate facilities and infrastructure for the birth of superior and competitive human resources. In the field of student affairs, the strategy developed can be through strengthening student achievement networks, especially those of an academic nature without neglecting the development of student talents and interests.
Based on this main strategy, the Chancellor of Jampel hopes that in 2021, there will be an emphasis on priority programs that are superior and at the same time a barometer of the effectiveness of the program itself. In the field of education and collaboration, the flagship program includes at least: (1) strengthening internationalization at home, (2) increasing scientific publications, (3) increasing the accreditation status of institutions and study programs, (4) strengthening the quality of learning, (5) strengthening the curriculum, particularly in the vocational field, (6) laboratory accreditation, (7) strengthening professional certification institutions, (8) increasing productivity and effectiveness of cooperation, (9) strengthening research investment, and (10) increasing innovation downstream. Meanwhile, in the areas of administration, finance, and human resources, the program of activities focuses on (1) accelerating HR qualifications, (2) normalizing the ratio of professors and head lecturers, (3) capitalizing human resources and assets, (4) strengthening asset management and HR, (5) increasing digitalization of institutional services, (6) optimizing BPU performance, (7) strengthening financial governance, (8) fulfilling the ideal ratio of facilities and infrastructure, (9) increasing income generating, and (10) implementing E-Budgetng in total. In the field of student affairs, the programs developed refer to (1) increasing academic and non-academic achievements, (2) increasing Pimnas achievements, (3) fostering talents and interests, (4) increasing student publications, (5) strengthening the management of student organizations, (6) increasing prestigious student work, (7) improving UKM performance, (8) strengthening soft skills and student entrepreneurs, (9) diversifying student achievement programs, and (10) optimizing income generating (scholarships). Realizing priority programs, the academic community is asked to provide support by being able and able to improve. “The improvement must start with reconstructing and innovating the approach to developing programs both at the university and post-faculties and other units,” he said.
The improvements made, he continued, must also be based on one single objective dimension, namely the excellence of Undiksha in the perspective of academic and non-academic achievements, towards an Excellent Undiksha based on the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana. “Efforts to achieve excellence require the commitment and performance of all levels of leadership and staff without exception so in 2021, I want to see Undiksha getting better and being able to realize Undiksha’s vision of becoming a superior university based on the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana in Asia in 2045 faster, ” concluded the Chancellor of Jampel. (rls/hms)
