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        "id": 1717094,
        "msgid": "prabowo-orders-universities-to-form-teams-to-assist-local-governments-in-resolving-issues-1777895648",
        "date": "2026-05-04 17:59:14",
        "title": "Prabowo Orders Universities to Form Teams to Assist Local Governments in Resolving Issues",
        "author": "Ardito Ramadhan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has directed universities to establish teams to support local governments in addressing regional problems, as revealed by Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto following a meeting at the Presidential Palace. This initiative aims to align university research and teaching with local needs, involving experts in fields such as architecture, environmental engineering, and mechanical engineering to tackle issues like urban beautification and waste management. Prabowo hopes each region will have dedicated teams providing input to local leaders, with the ministry planning consolidations with institutions like ITB, UI, and UGM to implement this directive.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto has\nordered universities to form teams to assist local governments (pemda)\nin resolving problems in their respective regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo earlier, the President asked us from the Ministry of Higher\nEducation, Science, and Technology (Kemendiktisaintek) how far the\nprogress has been on departments, study programmes, and lecturers who\ncan help local governments,\u201d said Minister of Higher Education, Science,\nand Technology (Mendiktisaintek) Brian Yuliarto after a meeting with\nPrabowo at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Monday\n(4\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>According to Brian, this directive from President Prabowo had been\nconveyed some time ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow local governments can be assisted and backed up by universities,\nresearchers, and professors in related fields, such as architecture for\nthe beauty of parks, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering\nfor waste and so on,\u201d Brian stated.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that during today\u2019s meeting, the Head of State inquired\nabout the progress regarding that directive.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo also hopes that every region will have a team that can\nprovide input to local leaders.<\/p>\n<p>He continued that this directive aligns with his ministry\u2019s programme\nto ensure that research and teaching at universities are relevant to the\nneeds in each respective region.<\/p>\n<p>Brian stated that he will follow up on Prabowo\u2019s directive by\nconducting consolidations with several universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, university A, ITB, or UI or UGM and all universities,\nsome universities, they will then form teams, so to speak, to provide\ninput for resolving problems in the regions,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prabowo-orders-universities-to-form-teams-to-assist-local-governments-in-resolving-issues-1777895648",
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