JAKARTA - A number of associations of health education institutions urge the government to immediately follow up on the Constitutional Court (MK) decision regarding the Health Law, especially regarding the independence of the college and the implementation of competency tests for health workers.
The Chairman of the Indonesian Medical Education Institutions Association (AIPKI) Wisnu Barlianto said that the Constitutional Court's decision provided legal certainty for issues that health education organizers had feared.
He highlighted the position of the college which in the previous Health Law derivative regulation was considered no longer independent because it was formed and selected directly by the Ministry of Health.
"In the MK's decision, the division of tasks and functions is clear. The education organizer is responsible from upstream to downstream, while the college plays a role after the graduates are produced. This needs to be consolidated again," he told wartawa, Thursday, February 19.
Although supporting the government's program in meeting the national health workforce needs, Wisnu emphasized that the quality of education must remain the main priority so that graduates have competencies according to standards.
A similar view was expressed by the Chairman of the Indonesian Association of Higher Education in Pharmacy, Yandi Syukri.
He said that around 90 institutions of pharmacy profession education were directly affected by the regulation.
According to Yandi, the competency test for pharmacists that has been running for more than 13 years has proven to encourage the improvement of the quality of higher education in pharmacy. However, problems arise after the authority of the college is completely taken over by the government.
"This Constitutional Court decision is a momentum to restore the synergy between the roles of education organizers and colleges without overlapping authority," he said.
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