The Discourse Of Indonesian Citizens In Malaysia Acquiring Distance Education, Kemdikbudristek: Indeed, There Are Those Who Are Not In School At All

Illustration of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI). (Antaranews)

JAKARTA - There is a discourse on providing distance education for children of Indonesian citizens (WNI) who work in Malaysia. The plan, which has not been clearly realized, came from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemdikbudristek).

"What is clear is that later we will ask SIKL (Indonesian Kuala Lumpur School) for coordination and we have plans to prepare such as distance education based in Kuala Lumpur," said Secretary General (Sekjen) of the Ministry of Education and Culture Suharti while at the Mulia 5 River Guidance Studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, December 20, confiscated by Antara.

He said these efforts were made to be able to provide better services to Indonesian children on the Peninsula.

Based on information from community learning activity centers (PKBM), according to him, there are around 1,173 children who have not been touched by education.

"Friends have also been identified, because there are those who don't go to school at all. That needs to be known," he said.

The distance education plan, according to him, is sought to reach more Indonesian workers in Malaysia. The concept is like the Open University (UT) but for the lower levels.

Suharti said that the broadcast of education for Indonesian workers' children in Malaysia has not been maximized because the status of the school is also not formal.

"The management is modest, but it's much better because so far the children have not received education," he concluded.