Home Affairs Minister Highlights Diverse Backgrounds of Top IPDN Cadets

Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian has expressed his appreciation for the ten best prospective graduates of the Institute of Home Affairs Governance (IPDN) Class XXXIII, highlighting that their diverse backgrounds demonstrate a fair recruitment and learning process. He emphasised that the cadets achieved their success purely through ability and hard work, not economic privilege. “This makes me proud, it means the recruitment process and the learning process here are correct,” Tito stated in a written release on Wednesday (22/7).

Speaking at the Rudini Hall of the IPDN Jatinangor campus, the Minister noted that the top graduates came from families of farmers, traders, educators, small business owners, and low-ranking military and police personnel. He pointed out that none came from economically established families. “The top graduate’s father is just a construction worker from NTT,” he said.

The highest honour, the Kartika Astha Brata award, was given to Aji Bayu Ramadhan, a cadet from the Information Government Technology programme who achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.84. Tito used the moment to share his own life story, revealing that he also came from a modest family before becoming the best graduate of the Police Academy in 1987. He described three turning points in his life: his acceptance into the Police Academy, earning a Chevening Scholarship for a Master’s degree in England, and completing his doctorate at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He stressed that education not only increases knowledge but also shapes critical thinking, broadens perspectives, and expands networks.