Anies Baswedan Meets Millennials In Magelang, Talks About Education And Jobs

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MAGELANG - Anies Baswedan's presidential candidate meets hundreds of millennials at the Samapta Sports Building, Magelang City, Central Java.

This presidential candidate promoted by the NasDem Party, Democratic Party, and PKS invites to discuss several young people who attended the "Millennial Ngobrol Pintar (Ngopi) Together Anies" event.

"I would like to thank all my friends who have organized smart chat activities with millennials in Magelang," said Anies as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, August 12.

Anies said that he met millennials from various regions in Central Java, which then they expressed their aspirations and asked questions about how it would be in the future.

According to Anies, the most interesting of millennials, they not only conveyed about themselves, but about society.

"Some are asking about job opportunities because the difficulty of finding work is the main problem faced by young people. We convey this that it must be a priority to provide jobs, not only in big cities, but in medium and small cities so that the millennial generation does not have to move to get jobs," he said.

Therefore, he said, assistance for micro, small and medium economic activities is a priority and this absorbs the most jobs.

According to him, the creative industry sector and the tourism sector are two sectors that can be developed quickly and absorb jobs. Job opportunities are the most important issue and that's the main thing.

It was also conveyed about the quality of education. Parents want character education and moral education to be a priority.

"I say that indeed we have priorities in the field of education, we want every child born to have a place in school. So school should be enough, now there are many and sufficient grade 1 elementary schools, but grade 1 and SMA/SMK grades 1 are lacking," he said.

He said the shape was like a pyramid, many children could not complete until they graduated from high school/vocational school. So the addition of school uniforms and the emphasis of character education are priorities.

"They tell about the quality of roads, the quality of road infrastructure in their districts/cities. I said let's do it together. I am very happy to talk with millennials because they show concern for the future of the nation," he said.