Minister of Education and Culture: Textbook Updates Have Been Planned for a Long Time, Focus on Strengthening STEM Education

JAKARTA - Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu'ti ensures that the update of school textbooks is a plan that has been planned for a long time. This step was taken, among other things, to strengthen the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content in the national curriculum.

"Before there was a presidential directive, there was indeed a plan to rewrite the textbooks that have been used so far," said Abdul Mu'ti after attending the Presentation of the 2027 Budget APBN Bill and its Financial Note by President Prabowo Subianto at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Friday.

The Main Reason for the Re-Preparation of the Textbook

The Minister of Education and Culture revealed several strategic reasons behind the decision to revise textbooks for school students, including:

Character and STEM Strengthening: Ensuring that the new textbooks contain value education, character education, and stronger STEM content in accordance with President Prabowo Subianto's directions. Adjustment of Content Standards: Accommodating changes to the content standards of textbooks that have been set by the Ministry of Education. Implementation of Deep Learning: Ensuring that the curriculum is in line with the concept of deep learning.

Abdul Mu’ti emphasized that the evaluation and update process has begun.

"The evaluation of the book is underway and several books are also ready to be printed later," he explained.

President Prabowo's Instruction and Book Quality Evaluation

This step to update the national textbook also received strong encouragement from the central government. Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said that this evaluation began with President Prabowo Subianto's direct findings when reviewing a number of schools.

According to Teddy, the President saw that there were still many aspects that needed to be improved, both in terms of the quality of the content and the physical form of the book.

"When checking the textbooks, he looked at them one by one. Some of the materials are easily damaged, some of the writing is too small so that elementary school children read it very close. On this basis, he asked for a check of books from elementary school to high school," said Teddy in his statement in Jakarta.

As a follow-up, President Prabowo instructed that a comparative study be conducted between textbooks in Indonesia and neighboring countries to improve the overall standard and quality of national education.

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