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        "id": 1832136,
        "msgid": "setara-institute-deploying-military-cadets-to-sekolah-rakyat-is-dangerous-1782813186",
        "date": "2026-06-30 15:38:48",
        "title": "Setara Institute: Deploying Military Cadets to 'Sekolah Rakyat' is Dangerous",
        "author": "Fitriyan Zamzami",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Setara Institute has condemned the government's plan to involve military cadets in training students at Sekolah Rakyat, calling it a dangerous blurring of civilian and military boundaries. The institute argues that the programme requires a pedagogical and humanistic approach, not a militaristic one, and that discipline and patriotism should not be exclusively linked to the armed forces. It has urged the Prabowo administration to refrain from expanding the military's role into civilian education.",
        "content": "<p>The Setara Institute has strongly criticised the government\u2019s plan to\ndeploy cadets from the Indonesian Military Academy (Akmil) to train\nstudents at the newly established \u2018Sekolah Rakyat\u2019 (People\u2019s Schools),\ncalling it a dangerous precedent that blurs the lines between civilian\nand military roles. Hendardi, Chairman of the Setara Institute\u2019s\nNational Council, stated that the policy reflects a worrying trend under\nPresident Prabowo Subianto\u2019s administration of strengthening the\nmilitary\u2019s role in civilian sectors. He argued that while the Sekolah\nRakyat programme is a positive initiative for socially and economically\nvulnerable communities, it requires a pedagogical, humanistic, and\nparticipatory approach grounded in educational science and social\nempowerment, not military involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Hendardi emphasised that there is no objective need to justify the\ninvolvement of military cadets, even if the stated goal is to instil\ndiscipline, nationalism, and patriotism. He argued that discipline is\nnot synonymous with militarism and that nationalistic values should not\nbe exclusively associated with the military. The Setara Institute urged\nthe government not to blur the boundaries between civilian and military\ndomains in the education sector.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/setara-institute-deploying-military-cadets-to-sekolah-rakyat-is-dangerous-1782813186",
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