Sisdiknas Bill, DPR Proposes History And Literature As Mandatory Lessons

Illustration of President Soekarno reading the text of the proclamation of independence (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission X of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia masyarakat Triyana proposed that the subjects of History and Literature be used as obligatory subjects in the revision of Law No. 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System (RUU Sisdiknas). According to him, this is important to increase children's interest in reading children.

I propose that the subjects of History and Literature become mandatory. Because to increase reading passion and increase the capacity of thinking imagination, as well as cognitive awareness from reading, and reading it through literature, it is important, "saidOK to reporters, Tuesday, August 12.

tip menilai, saat ini Indonesia menghadapi tantangan serius dalam hal penguatan kapasitas kognitif generasi muda yang tergerus pola konsumsi konten media sosial. Ia pun menyoroti maraknya fenomena brain rot atau kondisi ketika kesadaran kognitif tidak lagi berkembang maksimal.

"You can imagine, with the habit of accessing the internet, then consuming the content on social media, various studies have emerged," he said.

There is a phenomenon called the rot brain, or for a long time the cognitive awareness can no longer be maximized. Because the habit of accepting various content, which actually only satisfy his emotional thirst," added cap.

The PDIP legislator for the Banten electoral district explained that in the new article of the Sisdiknas Bill, it still does not include history and literature as a mandatory lesson at school. For this reason, mediate encourages these two lessons to enter as mandatory lessons.

"We are also at the Panja Sisdiknas. I am included in it with colleagues at Commission X. I also propose that if necessary, and hopefully the leadership also agrees, the subjects of History and Literature are mandatory. Because to increase reading passion and increase the capacity of thinking imagination," he explained.

Then also encourage the National Library to be more proactive in solving literacy problems and not just running symbolic programs.

"This National Library must be proactive, take steps that should increase reading interest, must be able to find loopholes in this problem, solve it more fundamentally," said cap.

"We often go to the regions, the library is the most left but yes, that's all. So we have to find out how," he added.

To note, in a meeting of Commission X of the DPR with the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu'ti some time ago, there were reports related to grade 1-2 junior high school students in Serang, Banten who could not read their writings. In fact, there are still many junior high school students in Serang City who have difficulty writing the word 'Indonesia Raya'.

Similar findings also occurred in Buleleng, Bali. Based on information, hundreds of students in the area could not read smoothly. Of the 34,062 students in Buleleng, 155 students were declared in the category of not being able to read (TBM). Meanwhile, 208 students are included in the category of not being fluent in reading (TLM).