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        "msgid": "minister-of-basic-and-secondary-education-urges-students-to-cycle-to-school-heres-why-1774875139",
        "date": "2026-03-30 18:46:00",
        "title": "Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Urges Students to Cycle to School, Here's Why",
        "author": "Cahya  Mulyana",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Abdul Mu'ti, has encouraged students to walk or cycle to school if they live nearby, as part of the government's push for energy efficiency amid global oil crisis threats from Middle East conflicts. He highlighted the health benefits and environmental advantages of reviving pandemic-era cycling habits, while calling on schools to promote waste recycling for eco-friendly energy and urging local governments to enhance public transport to reduce reliance on motorbikes. This initiative aligns with President Prabowo Subianto's directives to target energy savings in key sectors, ensuring face-to-face schooling continues with a focus on academic and character development.",
        "content": "<p>The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul\nMu\u2019ti has urged students to make use of bicycles and walking if their\nhomes are close to school in order to support the energy efficiency\ndrive being promoted by President Prabowo Subianto. He views the\nwidespread habit of cycling that was common among the public during the\nCovid-19 pandemic as a good practice that should be continued,\nespecially amid threats of an oil crisis due to wars in Gulf countries\nand the Middle East. \u201cSo, for example, we encourage that if homes are\nclose to school and it is indeed safe and comfortable, I think there is\nno harm in walking or returning to the cycling habit during Covid. Why\nnot continue that habit? It is healthy and can save energy and keep the\nenvironment clean,\u201d said Mendikdasmen Mu\u2019ti after the Halal Bi Halal\nevent at the Mendikdasmen Building A, Central Jakarta, on Monday (30\/3).\nHe also urged schools to promote waste recycling activities with\nstudents so that waste in the school environment can be processed and\nturned into an eco-friendly energy source. In addition, Mu\u2019ti urged\nregional governments to improve public transport services in their areas\nso that students can use public transport as an option to get to school.\nThis is because Mu\u2019ti noted that currently students tend to use\nmotorbikes to go to school due to the limited reach of public transport\nservices in their residential areas. \u201cAnd now there is a tendency for\nsome children to feel more comfortable using motorbikes than public\ntransport. In my view, if there is safe and comfortable public\ntransport, these children can go to school using public transport. That\nis more energy-efficient and reduces pollution. This is a challenge for\nregional governments,\u201d he said. Previously, on Thursday (19\/3), Cabinet\nSecretary Teddy Indra Wijaya explained that President Prabowo Subianto\ninstructed several of his ministers to focus energy efficiency on\nspecific sectors so that the energy-saving policy runs on target. In a\nlimited meeting at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, President Prabowo\nreceived reports from several ministers regarding the government\u2019s\nanticipatory measures to maintain national energy resilience, especially\namid threats of an oil crisis due to wars in Gulf countries and the\nMiddle East. \u201cThe President discussed strategic steps related to the\nenergy-saving plan in various sectors as an anticipation of political\ndynamics in the Middle East region that could affect the stability of\nglobal energy supply and prices,\u201d said Teddy. He also added that\nregional governments must be able to optimise the use of public vehicles\nso that they can be utilised by students. The government ensures that\nface-to-face schooling continues amid the global crisis, with a focus on\nacademic achievements and strengthening students\u2019 character education.\nOne of the steps taken is reactivating handwriting activities in the\nlearning process. The revitalisation assistance menu provided to each\nschool is not the same, but tailored to the needs of each educational\nunit. Abdul Mu\u2019ti said that the main goal of fasting is to form a pious\npersonality. One of the main indicators of piety is generosity or\nwillingness to share.<\/p>",
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