National Student Day! Central Java Provincial Government Enforces "Working" Using Sarong

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JAKARTA - Governor Ganjar Pranowo and state civil servants (ASN) in the Central Java Provincial Government are working in sarongs on National Santri Day.

"Today we are celebrating National Santri Day, so we go to work wearing gloves", said Ganjar in Semarang, Friday, October 22, quoted from Antara.

The Governor of Central Java on Thursday, October 21 issued a circular regarding the commemoration of National Santri Day, which requires all ASN who are Muslim in the Central Java Provincial Government to wear Santri-style clothes when working in the office on National Santri Day.

"So God willing, ASN in the Central Java Provincial Government all use sarongs and student clothes. For ASN of other religions, they can adjust and not have to", he said.

The governor hopes that the commemoration of National Santri Day can be momentum to emulate the jihad spirit of the ulama and santri (student) in the struggle for independence.

"At that time, any of us could contribute to the sustainability of the development of the nation and state, so not least, Islamic boarding schools at that time also became points of struggle. Today, we imitate the spirit of the ulama and the santri", he said.

Ganjar hopes that today's students are adaptive and can be an inspiration.

"Santri is the same as students, but their religious knowledge is deeper so that if we talk about their spiritual intelligence, they are already good, then building their intellectual and emotional intelligence is just adjusting. So, this santri is indeed something complete. Happy Santri Day", he said.