Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education Supports Implementation of PP Tunas through the 7 KAIH Movement and 3S

The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) fully supports the implementation of the Government Regulation on the Governance of Electronic Systems in Child Protection (PP Tunas) through the 7 Habits of Great Indonesian Children (KAIH) movement and the application of Screen Time, Screen Zone, and Screen Break (3S). “The policy to delay children’s access to risky digital platforms is an important step to ensure that technology remains a supportive tool for education. All teachers in basic and secondary education have a very important role in supporting and succeeding this policy,” stated the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen), Abdul Mu’ti, on Saturday (28/3). He further invited the entire community to remain calm and not worry about the implementation of this policy. He affirmed that Kemendikdasmen will continue to ensure that digital literacy programmes run in parallel across all educational institutions. In addition, digital-based education processes in schools will still be carried out with teacher supervision, so that students can optimally and wisely utilise technology. “We also encourage schools to provide more alternative physical activities for students. Thus, character strengthening through 7 KAIH and 3S can run optimally. Ultimately, technology is a tool, but character is the rudder. Our collective task is to ensure that Indonesian children grow into a generation that is digitally intelligent and strong in character,” concluded Abdul Mu’ti. According to him, a healthy learning atmosphere is an important foundation in the education process. With that, students can learn, interact with peers and teachers, and build character according to their developmental age. In the process, realising a healthy atmosphere for students still faces excessive gadget addiction that negatively impacts the learning process at school and at home. These negative impacts ultimately become serious concerns for the government in efforts to create an optimal educational ecosystem for students. Approximately 50% of child internet users have been exposed to sexual content on social media.