SMA Negeri 1 Depok West Java Becomes The First School Of Tolerance In Indonesia

JAKARTA - The Provincial Government of West Java (Jabar) has the first Tolerance School in Indonesia. The location is in SMA Negeri 1 Depok City.

Head of the West Java Education Office, Dedi, said that the launch of the School of Tolerance was carried out on Wednesday, April 20. Also present were Pangdam Jaya Maj. Gen. Untung Budiharto and Mayor of Depok, Muhamad Indris.

"So the first tolerance school in Indonesia can be another example for schools in West Java, generally in Indonesia," said Dedi in Bandung, West Java, Friday, April 22. through education in West Java. He hopes that in the future every school in West Java can implement the same thing. "There are currently 5,033 schools in West Java. in the curriculum as part of the Civics Education subject in the Education Unit at the City District Education Office," he said. He said, in the eyes of PPKN at the high school level, there is anti-corruption education that has been initiated by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Attorney General's Office. it has a daily tagline, for example Monday we have to talk about nationality, Tuesday we talk about unity, Wednesday about local culture, Thursday about deliberations, Friday about religion, Saturday about visiting parents or grandparents," he said. continued Dedi, a number of implementations will be taught as part of the Pancasila culture that must be carried out by students. "So we will make a tagline per day like that as part of our efforts," he said.

Meanwhile, Pangdam Jaya Major General TNI Untung Budiharto added that in order to cultivate the younger generation to have tolerant traits, namely respecting others, being able to work together, and creating a harmony regardless of ethnicity, nation, religion, so from this school the cadres Tolerance always emerges and becomes a pioneer in society.

"Of course we need to transmit this to other schools, because this tolerance is indeed a force to maintain unity on a micro scale, family, community and later in the Indonesian nation," he said.