JAKARTA - The Journalist Competency Test (UKW) which was held by Polda Metro Jaya together with the Police Journalists Forum (FWP) in collaboration with the Indonesian Journalists Association of DKI Jakarta Province (PWI Jaya) was held on Monday and Tuesday, December 15-16, 2025, at the Polda Metro Jaya Meeting Building. UKW is an effort to improve journalistic professionalism, integrity, and ethics.
A total of 86 participants registered to attend the 64th UKW for PWI Jaya, with the majority being members of FWP, young people from mainstream media. PWI Jaya received a quota of 25 participants. Of the 86 participants, the most who had ever attended the UKW PWI Jaya, only 83 were involved in the UKW. As a result, 77 were declared competent, six participants had to repeat again.
With the addition of 77 competent participants from the 64th UKW to PWI Jaya, or 847 nationally, the number of journalists who have been declared competent for the whole of Indonesia through the UKW PWI now reaches 20,263 people. Increased from the previous 20,186 competent journalists.
The 64th UKW of PWI Jaya is divided into 13 Junior Classes, two Intermediate Classes, and one Main Class, involving 16 testers. Namely, Aat Surya Safaat, Zulmansyah Sekedang, Kesit B Handoyo, Tb Adhi, M Noeh Hatumena, Diapari Sibatangkayu, Nurcholis MA Basyari, Rita Sri Hastuti, Firdaus Baderi, Rabiatun Drakel, AR Loebis, Irmanto, Wawan Juwarna, Widodo Asmowiyoto, Ahmad Syukri A, and Ghiok Riswoto.
The implementation of the 64th UKW of PWI Jaya was carried out well because of the extraordinary synergy between the Press Council, PWI Pusat, Polda Metro Jaya, the Police Journalist Forum, and PWI Jaya. The elements of the Press Council, PWI Pusat, Polda Metro Jaya, FWP, PWI Jaya, shoulder to shoulder to make the UKW a success that has been prepared for about two weeks. All participants were netted from the PWI Pusat central administration team consisting of Zullia, Wina, Lisna, and Fia, as well as Vitha's regional administrators. The performance of the committee from PWI Jaya members Helmi AR, Budi Utomo, Agus Rinto Hartoyo, and the FWP team led by Akhmad Faruk was also extraordinary.
At the closing session, Tuesday, December 16, the Director of Journalist Competence Testing of the PWI Center, Aat Surya Safaat, advised the participants who were declared competent to continue writing.
"Cogito ergo sum. I think/write, therefore I exist," said Aat, quoting the philosopher Francis, Rene Descartes, to motivate journalists who have graduated from UKW.
PWI Jaya Kesit B Handoyo's chairman stated that this UKW was only prepared for 10 days.
"This is a great collaborative result," Kesit said at the closing ceremony.
"Congratulations to all participants who are declared competent. Those who are not competent do not need to be discouraged, there is still time for the eighth six months to repeat," said Kesit.
The Chairman of PWI Jaya praised the extraordinary enthusiasm of the participants, the majority of FWP members, and in turn thanked them for the quota for PWI Jaya members.
"Hopefully this cooperation will continue. Polda Metro Jaya has shown a fantastic program, a pioneer. Hopefully it will soon be followed by the Polda-Polda in Indonesia working together with the PWI Province," said Kesit.
Head of Public Relations of the Metro Jaya Police, Kombes Pol Budi Hermanto, said UKW was an important part of strengthening the synergy between the National Police and the press in the midst of the challenges of increasingly fast and complex information flows.
Kombes Pol Budi Hermanto appreciated the role of the Press Council, PWI Pusat, PWI Jaya, the Police Journalists Forum, the testing board, and all the committees that have made UKW 2025 a success. He hopes that the competence obtained by the participants does not stop at the certificate, but is applied in journalistic works that enlighten and build public trust.
Kombes Pol Budi Hermanto also apologized from the father of the Police Chief who was there during the day who had simultaneous activities but that did not eliminate the meaning and benefits of this activity. "The Police Chief also congratulated his colleagues who graduated, and remained enthusiastic for participants who had not been declared competent," he said.
Kombes Pol Budi Hermanto explained his hope that all participants would make this UKW a scientific process, so that it would be more useful, more meaningful. "So the presence of colleagues is not just to be present, but to have an impact, a positive impact," said Budi Hermanto.
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