JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto gathered 1,200 professors of social humanities, deans, and rectors from various universities in Indonesia at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Thursday, January 15.
The head of state invited thousands of professors to discuss a number of issues, including improving the quality of universities, and increasing the number of doctors.
"We realize that in fact our constitutional mandate must educate the life of the nation and one of them is through education at the university level, so that if possible we are trying to calculate how these universities can advance and be qualified, and not burden the financing for the community or for students," said the Minister of State Secretary and also the Spokesperson for the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prasetyo Hadi, quoted by Antara.
Pras, a nickname for Prasetyo, continued the issue regarding the improvement of the quality of universities had previously been discussed by deans, rectors, and professors with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology.
"We are calculating and thinking about how we can reduce the operational burden at each of our universities," said Mensesneg.
Not only about improving the quality of universities, the dialogue session between President Prabowo and professors also discussed strategies to increase the number of doctors.
"Based on data, we are still short of almost 100,000. Well, we have to find ways to speed up," said Pras.
In the middle of the Presidential Palace, the entire series of events for President Prabowo's meeting with the professors took place behind closed doors.
The event started at 09.00 WIB and was filled with a briefing by President Prabowo, then a dialogue session.
In his briefing, President Prabowo conveyed the latest information regarding the conditions in the country as well as the geopolitical situation in the region and the world, as well as its relevance to Indonesia.
"(Meeting with professors, ed.) this is part of the agenda of the President as the head of state and head of government to discuss conveying his views, updates on the condition of our country and geopolitical conditions, and the big plans we have to do in the future," said Pras.
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