Singaraja – Merdeka Belajar Campus Merdeka is a policy issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemdikbudristek) of the Republic of Indonesia, to improve the quality of higher education graduates, so that they can compete in the world of work of the future and be in a 21st-century society. Supports this, the Independent Campus Learning Group (MBKM) Faculty of Education (FIP) held a Group Discussion (FGD) Completion of the Draft Implementation Manual for MBKM FIP Undiksha, on Friday 08 April 2022.
This activity, which was held in the Seminar Room of the Faculty of Education, was attended directly by deans, department heads, and invited partners from the Head of the Women and Children Protection Division, Population Control Service, Family Planning, Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection, Buleleng Regency, Putu Agustini, SST. Keb, M.A.P., Driving School Principal of SD N 1 Baktiseraga, Putu Ada, M.Pd., and Dr. I Wayan Widiana, S.Pd., M.Pd., as resource person.
This activity aims to produce a manual for implementing MBKM that is ready to use, as stated by the Chair of the MBKM FIP Undiksha Cluster, Dr. Putu Nanci Riastini, S.Pd., M.Pd., his party also hopes that with this guidebook, in the future they will be able to implement MBKM per the established guidelines.
“So this activity is to perfect the draft guidebook for implementing MBKM, so the aim is to produce a guidebook for implementing MBKM that is ready to use, for the implementation of MBKM in the next period. “With a guidebook that is ready to use and based on input from various parties, it is hoped that we can implement MBKM by the guidelines that we have set,” he said.
In line with this, the Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs, Dr. I Made Tegeh, S.Pd., M.Pd., responded very well to the activities held by the MBKM Group, he said that this activity supports the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (IKU), where at least 30% of FIP students take part in the MBKM program.
“FGD orFocus Group Discussion Merdeka Belajar, in the context of preparing the MBKM FIP Undiksha manual, we from the leadership responded very well, because having the manual will make it easier later for students, supervisors, teachers, managers, and leaders in overseeing programs related to MBKM in the Faculty of Science Education. Regarding the Main Performance Indicators, this is part of the Chancellor’s agreement with the Minister as well as the Dean’s agreement with the Chancellor, so that at least 30% of FIP students are asked to take part in the Merdeka Belajar Campus Merdeka activities, so the activities at MBKM lead to that achievement, in fact for the Faculty of Education, it must be above the minimum so that this is a manifestation of how the desired KPI is met. “We also provide opportunities for all students of the Faculty of Education to participate in MBKM programs, both implemented by the ministry and by the Faculty of Education,” he concluded. Together with the MBKM Gugus, he is optimistic that through the MBKM implementation manual which has been designed and developed, it is hoped that it will be able to develop the competence of graduates of the Faculty of Education in meeting the demands of current developments. (hms Dewa Nida)