President Prabowo Subianto opened access to the Presidential Palace\nfor students through the Presidential Palace for School Students\nprogramme on Tuesday (7\/4). This policy is positioned as part of the\ngovernment\u2019s long-term investment in shaping the quality of human\nresources from an early stage.<\/p>\n
Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya stated that the step complements\nvarious ongoing priority education programmes, from fulfilling nutrition\nto improving teacher welfare.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the President\u2019s biggest programmes is investing in building\nand shaping the young generation. There is nutritious meals, school\nrenovations, toilets, we install digital learning TVs. Then there is\npeople\u2019s schools, integrated schools, Garuda schools, incentives and\nwelfare for teachers and so on. Today we open the palace for school\nchildren for the nation\u2019s successor generation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Through the programme, students are not only invited to visit but\nalso introduced directly to the state governance process. They tour\nstrategic rooms and participate in discussions to understand how\nnational decisions are made.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe invite them to see the palace, we invite them to see the places\nwhere this nation\u2019s big decisions have been made. For what? To give them\nthe desire to aspire as high as possible for this nation,\u201d he\nexplained.<\/p>\n
The government plans to expand the programme to all Presidential\nPalace complexes in various regions to reach more students, including\nthose from outside Java Island.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have eight, later each palace we will also open for school\nchildren. For those outside Jakarta or also outside Java Island, they\nwill be facilitated to come here,\u201d Teddy clarified.<\/p>\n
He added that no selection mechanism is applied to keep access open.\n\u201cFor the selection, there is none. So please register as I mentioned\nearlier, then it will be arranged by the organisers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The opportunity was immediately welcomed enthusiastically by the\nstudents who had the chance to arrive early. For many pupils, the visit\nbecame their first experience seeing the Palace from the inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so happy, I can know what the inside of the Palace is like, and\nthe functions of each room are so different, and I can learn more deeply\nabout the environment here,\u201d said Kayla Annisa Maulida, a student from\nSMKN 19 Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Ine Ratriana Pertiwi had a similar experience and was impressed by\nthe atmosphere and interactions in the Palace environment. \u201cFor me, the\nfirst visit here was really fun, satisfying, and the staff here are all\ncool, really kind. And here there is so much history of Indonesia from\nbefore independence until now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The students also admitted to gaining new insights into history and\nstate activities that they previously only knew from books or media.\n\u201cThere are lots of documentaries too. It\u2019s really cool,\u201d added Ine.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Wahyu Khoirul Setiawan said the visit opened his\nunderstanding of the functions of the rooms in the Palace. \u201cI feel very\nhappy because it\u2019s my first time at the Presidential Palace,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n
From an educational perspective, the visit is considered to provide\nan irreplaceable learning experience. Christine Rambing, a teacher from\nSMKN 19 Jakarta, assessed that the activity brings concrete\nunderstanding about bureaucracy and government.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur children get education related to bureaucracy in government,\nespecially in the State Secretariat. Our friends, the teachers too, are\nvery happy. Our children also feel very happy that we were given the\nfirst for this activity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
According to her, the activity, which was initially expected to be\njust a discussion, developed into a direct exploration experience. \u201cWe\nfollowed and beyond expectations, we were taken on a room tour to see\nthe conditions of the State Palace environment that we had never entered\nbefore, finally we got inside too, room by room and we got education,\u201d\nshe said.<\/p>\n
She assessed that this direct interaction makes students better\nunderstand how public policies are implemented, while also providing\nspace for them to express aspirations.<\/p>\n
Christine also revealed that the school\u2019s participation did not\nhappen by chance, but through active efforts to seek information and\nregister. \u201cIt just so happens there is an activity from the programmes\nwhere staff come to the school. Well, we got information from there.\nFinally, we followed up whether every activity carried out by the\nCabinet Secretariat can include us,\u201d she explained.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/presidential-palace-becomes-dream-space-for-students-1775602282", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }