Day: December 7, 2021

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Healthy lifestyle key to building quality human resources: Bappenas

Improving the quality of human resources has to start with building the health of the young generation through actively raising awareness about the benefits of adopting a healthy diet and lifestyle.

Director of family, women, youth, and sports at the National Development Planning Ministry/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Woro Srihastuti Sulistyaningrum made the remarks at a webinar here on Tuesday.

“This campaign is a firm expression of our commitment to continue increasing awareness on a healthy and balanced diet among Indonesian teenagers through GERMAS (the Public Health Movement),” she explained.

Indonesia has a huge potential to reap a demographic bonus in 2030, she noted.

According to Bappenas, in that year, the productive age group will likely account for 64 percent of the total population of 297 million Indonesian citizens, she said.

“This is an extraordinary potential for the millennials and generation Zs to grow together in terms of quality and development. We need to ensure their needs of health and nutrients are fulfilled,” she affirmed.

If Bappenas can make them a great, strong, and resilient generation, they can drive development. However, it will be a barrier if they do not possess great health, she added.

Therefore, according to her, it is important for the government, related parties, and parents to collectively build the youth’s quality through a healthy lifestyle and diet. Holistic and sustainable efforts need to be made to realize that need, she added.

“We need to implement these efforts in a comprehensive way. We need to consider their capacity for living a healthy lifestyle,” she explained.

Furthermore, she said, families’ understanding and children’s adoption of a nutritionally-balanced diet need to be improved.

Source: Antara News

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Education Ministry develops new curriculum for vocational schools

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology has developed a new curriculum for vocational schools for boosting their cooperation with the industry, the ministry’s director general of vocational education, Wikan Sakarinto, has said.

“The vocational school curriculum has been revamped with hundreds of industries, and we have named it the ‘prototype curriculum’. It cuts the subjects that are technical competencies but are without context, and we have changed it to project-based learning,” Sakarinto informed at the ‘Vocational Tower 2021’ celebration here on Tuesday.

He said project-based learning will be carried out differently so students can get used to real projects in the industry.

He then lauded regional efforts that have successfully helped form a pentahelix-based partnership (coordination between the government, academicians, communities, business players, and the media) that is functioning as a “regional accelerator”.

The commitment to realizing vocational education that is relevant to industry needs is more important than the ‘Vocational Tower 2021’ celebration itself, he remarked. The partnership program also aims to strengthen the local economy, he said.

According to Sakarinto, vocational education cannot take place in isolation. “We need to leave traditional ways of teaching that are irrelevant to the industry, which moves rapidly,” he said.

The “regional accelerator” covers the super-priority destination program and economic development in the outermost, remote, and underdeveloped (3T) areas that need more qualified human resources from local vocational school graduates, he explained.

For the Vocational Tower program, five vocational colleges have been appointed as program implementers: Medan State Polytechnic, Bengkalis State Polytechnic (Riau), Banjarmasin State Polytechnic, El Bajo Commodus Polytechnic (Labuan Bajo), and Ujung Pandang State Polytechnic (Kolaka).

Before the celebration, each of the polytechnics met for a discussion with partners, associations, local governments, and DUDI (business and industry players) to arrange a partnership roadmap that is sustainable, Sakarinto informed. (

Source: Antara News

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Gov’t prioritizing oil and gas basin exploration in eastern Indonesia

The Indonesian government has currently set its sights on the exploration of oil and gas basins in five areas in eastern Indonesia namely Buton, Warin, Timor, Seram, and Aru.

The exploration is expected to support realization of the target of one million barrels of oil and 12 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day by 2030.

“The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has assigned an exploration team assisted by experienced experts to integrate data on potential areas for further exploration,” Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Ego Syahrial noted during a virtual discussion in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Reserves for the five locations are estimated to reach over 9.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent, he remarked.

As of January 19, 2021, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources noted that Indonesia’s proven reserves had reached 2.44 billion barrels of oil and 43.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

The government has encouraged oil and gas contractors to increase exploration in prospective areas to strengthen oil and gas reserves and production in Indonesia.

As of August 31, 2021, the ministry had also recorded 175 work areas comprising 96 production areas and 79 exploration areas.

Energy transition in Indonesia will have a significant impact on the domestic use of oil and gas. However, in terms of volume, the use of oil and gas commodities, including industrial raw materials, will continue to increase, Syahrial remarked.

The government also views the importance of natural gas as transitional energy before a shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy in the long term, he stated.

The energy transition program will be implemented in several stages while taking into account aspects, such as competitiveness, costing, availability, and sustainability.

“Hence, exploration continues to be increased through greater efforts,” he remarked.

President Joko Widodo had earlier highlighted the government’s grand strategy for achieving a green economy in response to a global shift away from fossil fuels.

“We will move towards what is dubbed as a green economy because we have great power here too. This strategy must begin to be organized,” he stated.

“This is because in 2030, people in Europe and America may have to stop (using) and henceforth reject items that resulted from fossil energy. That is the law they will prepare,” he elaborated.

At the G20 meeting on October 30-31, 2021, leaders of several countries held discussions pertaining to the green economy, President Jokowi noted.

“At the G20, our talks just revolved around that. People just resorted to this, to the green economy, and we are aware that we have great power in this green economy,” he affirmed.

Source: Antara News

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RI-Malaysia discussions prioritize MoU on migrant workers’ protection

The Indonesian government has continued discussions centering on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysia regarding the employment and protection of Indonesian migrant workers (PMI).

After meeting Malaysian Minister of Human Resources Saravanan Murugan at the Manpower Ministry’s Office here on Tuesday, Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah confirmed that the technical team from both countries will resume the discussion on the MoU in Jakarta, December 14, 2021.

“The negotiation process of the MoU on the employment and protection of Indonesian domestic workers is a commitment of both countries in protecting Indonesian migrants’ rights and welfare, especially in the domestic sector,” Fauziyah explained.

According to the minister, the placement of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia will be conducted after the MoU discussion is completed.

“We agree to complete the MoU first and then we will open the PMI employment in Malaysia,” she remarked.

She pointed out that the step to complete the MoU first before opening the job placement aligns with the directive of President Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Fauziyah noted that Indonesia and Malaysia had agreed on the implementation of a one-channel system for PMI employment in Malaysia.

The application of the one-channel system that integrates all employment processes, starting from recruitment, preparation, departure, and placement to repatriation aims to reduce the recruitment costs as well as to ease both nations’ surveillance of the process.

In addition, the one-channel system is expected to thwart the entry of PMI into Malaysia that are not based on the procedure.

At the meeting, both ministers reached an agreement that PMI can work for a maximum of six family members. Moreover, the job placement for babysitters and caretakers will be regulated specifically, including the level of competency and salary.

Source: Antara News

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Garut police send aid for Mount Semeru eruption victims

The Garut Police Force has said it has sent basic necessities for victims of the Mount Semeru eruption in East Java.

“This is a collection of concerns from members of the Garut Police, which we will distribute later,” Garut Police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Wirdhanto Hadicaksono said at the Garut Police Station on Tuesday.

Through the aid, Garut Police aim to show that they care about victims of natural disasters, such as the Semeru eruption, which occurred in Lumajang district, he added.

“This is a social movement from all Garut police force personnel after (hearing about the) disaster in the East Java region,” he elaborated.

The aid comprised 1,517 food packages, blankets, and other types of assistance, he informed.

“We will coordinate with the Lumajang police force so that (the aid) is distributed properly to the refugees and victims of Mount Semeru (eruption),” Hadicaksono said.

He added that Garut Police are always ready to help anyone facing a hardship, for example, victims of natural disasters.

However, the provision of assistance to other areas does not mean that aid meant for the people of Garut has been diverted, he said.

Victims of natural disasters in Garut, such as in Sukawening and Karangtengah sub-districts, have been taken care of, he assured. Refugees have returned to their homes, and both water and electricity supply are running properly once more, he said.

“This is a form of concern from the Garut police force for other areas that are hit by disasters; no one is diverting other assistance, this is from the personnel for that area,” he remarked.

Mount Semeru, the highest mountain on the island of Java, has been emitting lava since Friday (December 3, 2021).

Source: Antara News

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