Kemendikbudristek: Through Schools, Students Are Reminded To Love Domestic Products

Secretary General of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) Suharti at the launch of Gernas BBI Aroma Maluku in Jakarta, Friday (24/9/2021). (ANTARA/Indriani)

JAKARTA - Secretary-General of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) Suharti said the love for domestic products needs to be instilled from an early age.

"Love for domestic products must be instilled from an early age," said Suharti at the launch of Gernas BBI which was monitored in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Friday, September 24.

She believes that she can make the National Movement Proud to be Made in Indonesia (Gernas BBI) a success, with the number of educational units reaching 500,000 units and the number of students more than 60 million people.

"Through schools, students are reminded to love domestic products, love domestically-made products," she said.

The movement helps the younger generation to produce better and market-acceptable innovations. Therefore, collaboration with other stakeholders is needed.

Director-General of Vocational Education Kemendikbudristek, Wikan Sakarinto, said that since the BBI Gernas was launched in 2020, more than 15 million MSMEs have entered their products on electronic platforms. Seven of them are the result of onboarding Gernas BBI.

Wikan hopes that students, education staff, educators, and others can work together to restore the Indonesian economy, by buying domestic products.

Through this program, students are also involved in the learning process to produce products through applied research, entrepreneurship, to digital marketing training for vocational students focused on providing insightful knowledge and expertise in supporting the MSME orientation process.

"Through this movement, we mobilize our educational institutions to participate in economic recovery and can produce real products that are downstreamed to the market," said Wikan.*