JAKARTA - Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu'ti said that the draft Ministerial Regulation (Permen) related to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) curriculum and coding are still in the harmonization stage.
"Still in the process of harmonization with other relevant ministries and ministries," said Minister of Education and Culture Abdul in a statement on Wednesday, May 7 in Jakarta.
Furthermore, he said that in presenting the AI curriculum and coding, it is likely that it will cooperate with many parties, both from government agencies and private companies.
"It can be with many parties, because there are very many coding providers in the community, and we have collaborated with several parties on how to make this coding learning happen," he said.
The most important thing he emphasized was that this AI curriculum and coding would be the subject of choice in the 2025-2026 school year.
"But I want to emphasize once again that for 2025-2026 AI and coding is still a subject of choice, not a compulsory subject," he said.
This AI and coding curriculum was previously announced by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka. At that time, he said the AI curriculum would begin to be applied to the new school year at various levels of education.
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"A few days ago we averaged (limited meeting) there was also the Minister of Education, later in the new school year we will start including the AI curriculum, AI lessons at SD, SMP, SMA, SMK as well," said Gibran at the "Creative Job Opportunity with AI" event at Bina University. Nusantara, Jakarta, Friday, May 2.
Gibran also said that AI is not only used to make funny graphics, but also plays a role in facilitating daily work.
The Vice President emphasized that AI technology will not replace humans, but humans who do not use AI will be less competitive with those who use it.
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