The S2 And S3 Ratios In Indonesia Are Very Low, Jokowi Will Add Education Budget

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) (Doc: State Secretariat)

SURABAYA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) plans to increase the budget for education to strengthen research and pursue the ratio of Indonesia's undergraduate and doctoral education population which is still very low. President Jokowi opened the XXIX Campus Convention and XXV Annual Meeting of the Indonesian Chancellor Forum at the State University of Surabaya, East Java, Monday, January 15, said the ratio of people with undergraduate and doctoral education in Indonesia was at 0.4 percent. Meanwhile, neighboring countries have reached 2.43 percent, and developed countries it's 9.8 percent. "This is a long way off. I had a meeting this week and took a policy to catch up. I don't know where the budget came from, but we are looking for a master's degree, doctoral degree, productive age to increase drastically. Because this is very far away," said President Jokowi. For research, President Jokowi will order the National Research and Invasion Agency (BRIN) to become a research orchestra with the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) to design research needs to answer challenges and Taking advantage of the opportunities that exist. The most important thing is, President Jokowi said the key lies in universities, not BRIN. "That must be shifted that the orchestrator may be BRIN, but the college role for the research and development must be strengthened," he said. He continued, the budget for the Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Mendikbudristek) Nadiem Makarim will be enlarged. "It's okay to start this year. The president will change it later. It's a big start, so the president will come, like it or not. Whether it's 01, 02, or 03, but it starts first," he said. "It's impossible if Pak Nadiem added that the President then cuts will not dare. Because future opportunities for a green and blue economy. We need smart farming technology, we need bio energy technology, fast computing, fast analysis, we have to prepare everything," said President Jokowi. According to him, in a country's civilization, there is a very opportunity to become an opportunity. developed countries and Indonesia are given a demographic bonus. "Once we can't take advantage of it like Latin American countries in 1950 to 1960 given the opportunity of not being able to take advantage of it, eventually until now it's still a developing country, it has even dropped to become a poor country, because it doesn't take advantage of the opportunities given. And stuck middle income trap," said President Jokowi. Therefore, he continued, the role of universities must be optimized. Higher education ranking must continue to be improved based on QS World. "The rankings of 200 and above are still very small. This is a big job. Even though it has been submitted by Professor Mohammad Nasih, the complaints that exist. I am happy to be outspoken like that. But I have recorded it and will discuss it," said President Jokowi. He understands that all these efforts require a fee in the midst of state fiscals. According to him, human resources are key. For this reason, financing must be pursued not only the APBN and ABPD but also the endowment fund, including connecting with industry.

"The state budget for education in 2009-2024 reached IDR 6,400 trillion. The LPDP's endowment funds, when it was opened IDR 1 trillion, in 2023 it reached IDR 139 trillion. The number of scholarship recipients has increased seven times. But it is still far and less. It needs to be increased 5 times," said President Jokowi. The head of state also invited universities to strengthen collaboration and synergy to produce solutions for the progress of Indonesia.