JAKARTA - Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu'ti was reluctant to comment on the plan of West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi to develop problematic students or naughty' through a character education scheme at the TNI barracks.
"I'm not commenting first. Friends of journalists can look for other education experts who are more top than me," said Abdul Mu'ti when asked for a response at the Jakarta Presidential Palace complex, Wednesday, April 30.
He said the information related to the policy was only known through mass media coverage.
"We also just found out from the media, so we can't give a response yet," he said.
Previously, West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi rolled out a coaching policy for children who behaved naughtyly involving the TNI and Polri institutions, which will begin in May 2025.
This program is motivated by concerns about the decline in children's competitiveness and discipline, as well as conditions where parents and teachers are considered to have difficulty dealing with student behavior, and even fear of being firm for fear of being criminalized.
Through this program, said Dedi, parents will be asked to make a statement letter and take their children to the TNI barracks to undergo character coaching without losing their status as students.
Furthermore, in the barracks, the children continued to participate in learning activities as usual, but were required to undergo a disciplined lifestyle, such as sleeping at 20.00 WIB, waking up at 04.00 WIB, breakfast, sports, and spiritual coaching activities such as fasting Monday-Thursday and reciting Muslim students.
Dedi emphasized that this program was not military or semi-military training, but character development that they did not get in the home environment.
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