Prabowo Orders Portuguese To Be Taught In Schools, MPR Chair: Improve The Quality Of Indonesian Association

Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Ahmad Muzani. BETWEEN/HO-MPR/aa.

JAKARTA - Chairman of the MPR RI Ahmad Muzani responded to the question of the order of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto for Portuguese to be taught in schools. Muzani assessed that this was an effort to improve the quality of Indonesian associations in the international world.

Moreover, according to Muzani, Indonesian is included in 10 international social language. It is known, Indonesian has been recognized as the official language in UNESCO meetings. Even today, the Indonesian Language program for Foreign Operators (BIPA) has grown rapidly and is held in 57 countries.

"We are proud because Indonesian has been designated as the number 10 social language and therefore we must be confident and now it has become a language of unity, a language of communication, a language of association, a language that unites all of us, including the language of government," Muzani told reporters, Saturday, October 25.

Muzani said that the Indonesian language had been accepted by the world after 80 years of independence, even approximately 100 more since the Youth Pledge was declared. Therefore, he considered, it was time for Indonesia to improve its language skills after English, Aran and Mandarin, namely Portuguese.

"We go to Papua, we go to inland Kalimantan even though we use Indonesian can communicate. Therefore, the government has started to think about other than English, Arabic, Mandarin, offering other languages, namely Portuguese," said Muzani.

"So I think it's a way to improve the quality of our human resources, the quality of our association because in fact Portuguese is also used mostly by countries in Latin America. Therefore, Latin America is also part of the epicenter of the world economy," concluded the former Secretary General of Gerindra.

Previously, President Prabowo Subianto decided that Portuguese would be taught in schools in Indonesia when he met Brazilian President Luiz Inbowo Lula da Silva at the State Palace, Jakarta, Thursday, October 23 afternoon.

During the bilateral meeting, the two discussed a lot, including Portuguese. Prabowo initially emphasized that Brazil is an important partner of Indonesia.

He also emphasized that Brazil is an important partner. Therefore, he decided that Portuguese would begin to be taught in Indonesian schools.

"I am sure that in the future we will produce better achievements," said Prabowo.

"As proof that we view Brazil as very important, I have decided that Portuguese will be one of the priorities of Indonesian education discipline," he continued.