KPK Launches Anti-Corruption Education Guidelines for Schools
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), together with the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) and the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen), launched the Guidebook and Teaching Materials for Anti-Corruption Education (PAK) targeted at students at various levels in Jakarta on Monday.
KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto emphasised that this step represents the most strategic space for shaping the nation’s character and building an anti-corruption culture from an early age.
“Education must serve as the foundation for developing generations of integrity. Therefore, strengthening educational integrity from the centre to the regions must have the same direction and spirit,” said Setyo at the Sasana Bhakti Praja Building of Kemendagri in Jakarta on Monday.
These values indicate that the education integrity system is beginning to form, but it has not yet fully become a consistent culture across the entire education ecosystem.
Therefore, anti-corruption education is positioned as the country’s upstream strategy to build the foundation of character and integrity for future generations.
The launch of the PAK Guidebook and Teaching Materials also forms part of the follow-up actions and evaluation of the results of the 2024 Education Integrity Index (SPI), with improvements to be carried out throughout 2025 by all education stakeholders, both at the central and regional levels.
The Anti-Corruption Education Guidebook will be accompanied by five teaching material books for teachers across all levels, from early childhood education (PAUD), elementary school (SD), junior high school (SMP), to senior high school (SMA) and vocational high school (SMK).
Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Abdul Mu’ti, stated that education not only functions to shape academically intelligent generations but also those with character and integrity.
“This is part of the policy to strengthen character education, particularly honest personality, integrity, responsibility, and behaviour free from all forms of corruption,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs III, Akhmad Wiyagus, emphasised that the guidelines serve as a reference for all governments and educational units (satdik) in the regions in building an integrity-based education ecosystem.
“I urge all regional heads to encourage and ensure the implementation of Anti-Corruption Education by utilising the available PAK Guidebook and Teaching Materials, as an effort to make concrete and measurable improvements to enhance educational integrity in a tangible manner,” he said.