Hardiknas 2026: Deputy Interior Minister Wiyagus Emphasises Three Pillars of Education
Without these three elements, all policies will merely stop at being programmes and formalities marked only by quantitative achievements," stated Deputy Interior Minister (Wamendagri) Akhmad Wiyagus in a written statement on Monday (4/5/2026).
Wiyagus conveyed this while delivering the message from the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) as the Inspecting Officer at the 2026 National Education Day (Hardiknas) commemoration at Plaza Building A, Central Office of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri), Jakarta.
In the message, he explained that over the past 18 months, the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) has designed a strategic foundation titled "quality education for all" through five main policies.
These policies include the revitalisation and digitalisation of more than 288,000 educational units; improving qualifications and welfare for 150,000 scholarship-recipient teachers in 2026; strengthening character through the Seven Habits of Great Indonesian Children programme and ASRI (Safe, Healthy, Clean, Beautiful) school environments; measuring quality via Academic Ability Tests and the literacy-numeracy movement; and expanding inclusive service access for children with special needs.
Furthermore, he emphasised that implementing the Deep Learning approach as a priority programme can only be realised if the entire education ecosystem moves synergistically. This ecosystem includes schools, families, communities, and media, which are expected to collaborate in the same spirit.
In line with that, Wiyagus also invited all stakeholders to revive the spirit of national education as pioneered by Ki Hajar Dewantara. He stressed that education is fundamentally a process of humanising humans, carried out with sincerity and full of compassion.
In the closing part of the message, Wiyagus affirmed that Kemendikdasmen cannot work alone and requires support from various parties, from communities, the business world, domestic and international partners, to regional governments.
In that context, the role of Kemendagri is crucial in synergising relations between the central and regional governments.
"Let us strengthen cooperation to realise quality education for all, towards a smart, advanced, and dignified Indonesia," he concluded.