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        "id": 1757300,
        "msgid": "wamendikdasmen-guruku-scholarship-to-expand-access-to-teacher-education-1779542191",
        "date": "2026-05-22 14:08:07",
        "title": "Wamendikdasmen: Guruku Scholarship to Expand Access to Teacher Education",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Deputy Minister for Primary and Secondary Education praised Padjajaran University's Guruku Scholarship Programme, which strengthens teachers\u2019 capacity through improved competence and leadership, and expands access to higher education for educators. The programme offers three tuition scholarships\u2014100%, 75%, and 50%\u2014across 18 Master\u2019s programmes at Unpad, with beneficiaries such as Ihwan from SDN 1 Bojong expressing gratitude. The initiative underscores a policy emphasis on teacher competence as central to delivering quality education for Indonesia\u2019s future generations.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta \u2014 The Deputy Minister of Education for Primary and Secondary\n(Wamendikdasmen) Atip Latipulhayat has praised the Guruku Scholarship\nProgramme, initiated by Padjadjaran University (Unpad), to strengthen\nteachers\u2019 capacity through improvements in competence, leadership, and\nexpanded access to higher education for Indonesian educators. He said\nthe programme is a tangible reflection of the commitment across\neducation sectors, including higher education, to enhance teachers\u2019\ncapacity as central agents determining national education quality. \u2018The\nkeyword now after qualification is competence. One important element,\nand indeed perhaps about 50 percent of the achievement of quality\neducation, rests with the teachers,\u2019 Wamendikdasmen Atip said in a\nwritten statement in Jakarta on Friday. Although formal teacher\nqualifications at the D4 or S1 level are now nearly 100 percent, that\nachievement does not necessarily translate into commensurate competence.\n\u2018Deep learning must begin with mastery of content knowledge. Many\nteachers are only now applying deep learning procedures, but the depth\nis not optimal because of limited mastery of the material,\u2019 Atip said.\nHe explained that the Guruku scholarship programme focuses on two main\naspects: strengthening content knowledge and teacher leadership.\nAccording to him, the two aspects are foundational for delivering\nhigh-quality and sustainable education. One Guruku scholarship\nrecipient, Ihwan, a teacher from SDN 1 Bojong, Pangandaran Regency, West\nJava Province (Jawa Barat), said he is grateful for the opportunity to\ncontinue his studies through the programme. \u2018This is not the end of my\nstruggle as a teacher, but the start to keep learning, reflecting, and\ngrowing into a better educator,\u2019 Ihwan said. The three schemes are a\nfull scholarship covering 100 percent of tuition, a partial scholarship\ncovering 75 percent, and a supporting scholarship covering 50 percent of\ntuition. The schemes apply to participants admitted to 18 Master\u2019s study\nprogrammes at Unpad, in accordance with the provisions set. Through the\nGuruku Programme, the government, together with higher education\ninstitutions, hopes to produce more outstanding teachers who not only\nhave strong academic competencies but also leadership to drive quality\neducation for Indonesia\u2019s future generations.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/wamendikdasmen-guruku-scholarship-to-expand-access-to-teacher-education-1779542191",
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