Singaraja – Ganesha University of Education was entrusted with being the host of the 2021 Postgraduate Leaders Association (PERPIMPAS) meeting for Education Personnel Education Institutions (LPTK) which was held online via Zoom meeting, Thursday (21/10/2021). This activity is a momentum to equalize perceptions in the context of the success of the Independent Learning Campus policy (MBKM) which was rolled out by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.
This event was opened by the Director General of Higher Education and Research and Technology of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Prof. Ir. Nizam, M.Sc., DIC., Ph.D. He who at the same time gave directions conveyed that the MBKM policy should become the concern of tertiary institutions, including the Postgraduates in it. The program is one of the efforts made by the government in order to produce superior Human Resources (HR) and optimize student potential. Through the experience gained, it is hoped that it will also create students who are ready for the world of work. “Through this, students not only master knowledge or theory but can and are ready to apply their knowledge and skills in the real world,” he explained.
In line with this, he continued that tertiary institutions, especially postgraduates, must ensure student education by developing their potential. “In the LPTK program, teachers are the key to the nation’s education. So it is necessary to ensure that the teachers produced by the LPTKs are truly the backbone for the birth of a superior generation whose potential is optimally developed, a generation full of confidence and competence that is competitive, innovative, and creative. As an indicator it really needs to be developed related to literacy, numeracy, and education itself,” he emphasized.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of PERPIMPAS, Prof. Dr. Bornok Sinaga, M.Pd., expressed his appreciation for Undiksha’s willingness to host this activity as well as in the preparation of the Statutes and Bylaws (AD/ART). “For this time, thank you to the host who has compiled the AD/ART of the LPTK-NI Postgraduate Leadership Forum which we will establish today and thus I support all the instruments related to the ratification of this AD/ART which we will bring to the notary level or the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. ,” he said.
Chancellor of Undiksha Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Jampel, M.Pd., who also gave a speech, expressed his appreciation for the trust in making Undiksha the host of this meeting even though it was online. “After this forum, if you want to hold an offline meeting, we are ready to take part in post-LPTK-NI activities offline,” he said.
Through this meeting, the Chancellor from Nusa Dua, Badung Regency invited TTIs, especially postgraduates, to work together to create quality teachers so as to produce human resources who are ready to compete at the international level. “In accordance with the mandate that we carry out as LPTKs, how can we produce qualified teachers in the sense that they are competent, excellent, and have character? I am sure that for Indonesia to progress, without teachers who are competent, superior, professional, with character, it will not work,” he said.
Regarding the MBKM policy, Undiksha is committed to contributing to its success. This policy has been embraced through a number of strategic steps, including preparing a relevant curriculum and implementing programs aimed at providing more experience for students, such as student exchanges with domestic and foreign universities.
He added, in the context of developing higher education and postgraduate studies, cooperation in the implementation of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education really needs to be carried out. “We hope that after this meeting, we can still work together in improving the quality of higher education,” added Jampel.
The event was attended by Deputy Chancellor I, Deputy Chancellor II, Deputy Chancellor III, Head of UK Bureau, Head of AKPK Bureau, Dean, Chair of LP3M, Chair of LP2M in Undiksha, and Postgraduate Director, Deputy Postgraduate Director, Study Program Coordinator and Prodi Secretary in LPTK Environment -NI. (hms)
