NasDem Regrets That The Director General Of Research And Higher Education Did Not Respond Well To The Surpres Of Revision Of The Medical Education Bill

JAKARTA - The NasDem Party faction of the DPR RI welcomes President Joko Widodo's decision to issue a Presidential Letter (Surpres) regarding the revision of the Draft Law on Medical Education.

However, the Deputy Chair of the NasDem Party faction, Willy Aditya, regretted the President's good intentions to improve the medical education system in Indonesia which had not been well received by the ranks of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud). In particular, the Director General of Higher Education Research.

The unfavorable response, according to Willy, can be seen from the attitude of the Director General of Higher Education Research at the Ministry of Education and Culture, Nizam, who views that the discussion of the Medical Education Bill does not need to be continued. Willy, who serves as a member of Commission XI of the DPR, actually felt strange about the attitude of the Ministry of Education and Culture, especially the Director General of Research and Higher Education, which stated that the discussion on the revision of Law no. 20 of 2013 does not need to be continued. "If it's not necessary, why is there a Presidential Letter (Surpres) issued?" Willy told reporters, Wednesday, February 23.

The Deputy Chair of the Legislative Council of the DPR also asked the government to send a list of problems inventory (DIM) of the Medical Education Bill following the issuance of a presidential letter (Surpres) regarding the revision of the bill.

"We are still waiting for the DIM from the Government regarding the revision of the Medical Education Bill," said Willy.

Willy said, DIM is very necessary because the Education and Education Bill has officially been ratified as a DPR initiative bill since September 2021 and is included in the 2022 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas). So, he said, like it or not, it must be completed. The chairman of the NasDem Party DPP also explained some of the problems that exist in existing medical education. For example, doctors are still very limited and accumulate in Java and urban areas.

"The reason is the desire to return the cost of education which is so expensive," he said.

Not to mention the UKMPPD mechanism (Student Competency Test for the Doctor Profession Program). This competency test has made it difficult for a prospective doctor to enter and exit as well. Another problem, Willy added, is that the high cost of medical education is now becoming increasingly difficult to reach for those who are economically limited. Medical education has become synonymous with the wealthy and the wealthy. "For this reason, the medical world needs reform. Abroad, people are competing to open educational hospitals, in ours it is 'limited' and it is difficult for the private sector to become an educational hospital. We don't want to be a country that is stuck in commercialization," concluded Willy.

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