Minister Of Religion Yaqut: We Support The Minister's Policy On Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture, Research and Technology PPKS

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion supports the Ministry of Education and Culture's policy regarding the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence (PPKS) in Higher Education. This was stated by the Minister of Religion, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, when he met the Minister of Education and Culture, Research and Technology Nadiem Makarim at the Ministry of Religion Office, Jakarta.

"We support the policy that has been issued by the Minister. Therefore, we immediately issued a Circular (SE) to support the implementation of the Minister of Education Regulation at PTKN (State Religious Colleges)", said the Minister of Religion, quoted by the Ministry of Religion website, Wednesday, November 10.

Previously, on August 31, 2021, Minister of Education and Technology, Nadiem Makarim, signed the Minister of Education and Culture and Research and Technology Regulation Number 30 of 2021 concerning the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence (PPKS) in Higher Education, hereinafter referred to as the PPKS Regulation.

To realize this support, the Ministry of Religion issued a Circular of the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Religion on the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence (PPKS) in State Religious Universities (PTKN).

The Minister of Religion agreed with the Minister of Education and Culture, Research and Technology who stated that sexual violence was one of the obstacles to achieving national education goals. "We must not turn a blind eye, that sexual violence occurs a lot in the educational environment. And we do not want this to continue", said the Minister of Religion.

"This is a good policy. With this policy, we hope that victims can speak up and sexual violence in education can be stopped", he added.