Minister of Basic and Secondary Education: The 3M Factors are Key to Improving Education Quality
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu’ti has reminded of the importance of the 3M factors for sustainable improvements in education quality.
“Various policies to improve education quality will not be implemented without the 3M: Mindset (way of thinking) that is advanced, Mental that is strong, and Mission that is straight,” said Mendikdasmen Mu’ti.
This was conveyed through his speech broadcast on the commemoration of National Education Day (Hardiknas) in Jakarta on Saturday morning.
The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education explained that without these three elements, he asserted that all running policies would only stop as programmes and formalities, merely marked by quantitative achievement figures.
On the other hand, in accordance with the mandate of the 1945 Constitution and the National Education System Law Number 20 of 2003, Mu’ti interprets education as a process of enlightening life, building the character and civilisation of the nation.
Education, he continued, is a process of developing human potential to become individuals who are faithful and devout to the Almighty God, of noble character, intelligent, skilled, independent, physically and spiritually healthy, honest, responsible, democratic, and other superior personalities.
“In line with President Prabowo Subianto’s Asta Cita, education is a collective effort to build superior, strong, and resilient Indonesian human resources to make Indonesia an advanced, prosperous, and dignified nation,” he said.
Therefore, he expressed appreciation and thanks to partner institutions both domestically and internationally that have collaborated well with the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education.
In eighteen months, he said, the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has laid the foundation for quality education for all through various regulations and an ecosystem that integrates four education centres, namely schools, families, communities, and media.