Singaraja – Fakulty of Education (FIP) Undiksha succeeded again in international Indonesian Young Scientist Assocation (IYSA). The current achievement was successfully presented by the student of Elementary School Teacher Education, I Gusti Komang Agus Angga Putra Widiarta. He joined into 2 Undiksha teams consisted of Gusti Ngurah Oka Angga Dipa and I Gede Arya Suta from Chemical Education, Ni Luh Ayu Suandewi from English Education, dan Luh Putriasih from Management. This great Undiksha Team with the guidance mentor Drs. I Made Suarjana, M.Pd., succeeded to achieve 2 Gold Medals and Myso Special Award, after presenting Fragrant Beauty innovation: Natural Perfume Innovation Based on Ceremonial Waste to Optimize Zero Waste dan MAKSARA BALI: Balinese Writing Application to Understanding Balinese Writing for Elementary School in Bali. This prestigious event was centered in di Yogyakarta on Agustus 22nd -26th 2022.
The success of I Gusti Komang Agus Angga Putra Widiarta and the team was not separated from the special training and teamwork which was done before performing in the prestigious event. He expressed his proud for succeeding gold medal for the beloved faculty. “ This is my first time to be in an international event, it makes me proud for presenting the best for the faculty, moreover through this event, I can improve my English skill”, he said.
After the event, Angga explained that, Fragrant Beauty was an innovative product in the form of natural parfume which was made of worship waste such as ylang, frangipani, and magnolia champaca flowers as an effort to overcome the environmental pollution caused of accumulation of organic and inorganic waste. “ Organic waste is often ignored because it is assumed being able to decompose itself, but in fact it rots and pollute the environment. Because of that, we initiated this innovation”, he said.
It was also informed that the second innovation called Maksara Bali, which stands for Malajah Aksara Bali (Balinese Fonts Learning) was an application for learn about Balinese Fonts in order to increase the comprehension of Balinese Fonts for elementary school students. He said that this innovation was created because of the lack of learning media which are able to support Balinese Fonts material so that the learning process becomes less effective. Moreover, he hoped that this media could help the teacher to develop skill and increase the learning quality, especially on Balinese Language. “ This learning media is completed with Swalalita Font, Wianjana, Vocal Font, and Balinese Font, hopefully, it could increase the students’ learning motivation.”, he added.
This brilliant achievement was proudly welcomed by the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Prof. Dr. I Ketut Gading, M.Psi., he said that it is very important in order to increase the competitiveness of the faculty both in the national and international event. Moreover, the first person of the Faculty of Education assessed that this achievement could support the coming Simkatmawa rank. “This achievement makes us very proud, we as the leaders give full appreciation to the students and guidance lecturer for the successful achievement”, said Dean Gading. In line with this, the Vice Dean for Student and Alumni Affairs, Dr. Putu Aditya Antara, S.Pd., M.Pd., gave full appreciation for the success achieved by the student of FIP Undiksha. It was also mentioned that this achievement does not only give contribution to the rank of FIP Undiksha, especially for the student affairs. More than that, it can increase the students’ competitiveness and when they are graduated.
“This achievement can be a companion of graduation certificate when applying job in the future. Because of that, I invite all students to always keep spirit in participating various competition, both in the national and international event. ”, he said. (hms Dewa Nida)
