Ministry of Religious Affairs: MOOC Pintar Platform Saves Budget Up to IDR 8.7 Trillion
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Centre for Human Resource Competency Development (Pusbangkom) of the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag) reports that the utilisation of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Pintar platform for improving civil servant (ASN) competencies has achieved budget efficiencies of up to IDR 8.7 trillion through 2025.
“With budget efficiencies amounting to IDR 8.7 trillion, this platform has proven that digitalisation can deliver a single repository with millions of knowledge resources and trillions in efficiencies for the nation,” stated the Head of Pusbangkom SDM Kemenag, Mastuki, in Jakarta on Thursday.
MOOC Pintar is an online self-paced training platform from the Ministry of Religious Affairs aimed at enhancing competencies for ASN and the general public. The platform provides free, flexible, and certified training in education and religious fields.
Kemenag records that it has connected 1.5 million participants from across Indonesia and various professional backgrounds for competency enhancement.
“Based on the Level 2 Learning evaluation or competency improvement results, the MOOC Pintar platform has recorded a success index of 81.11, which falls into the Very Good category,” he said.
According to him, this quality achievement is reflected in the impacts felt by participants in the field. Through this digital platform, there has been a significant increase in knowledge related to technical materials as well as strengthened work skills that are more adaptive to changes in the times.
Previously, Kemenag refined the design for developing human resources (SDM) competencies based on digital approaches, adopting an innovative Micro-Credentials method through the MOOC Pintar platform, targeting simultaneous participation from up to 500,000 educators.
Mastuki emphasised that digital transformation is no longer merely an option but a necessity to reach millions of civil servants (ASN) across Indonesia.
“If training continues to be conducted conventionally, then a lag in ASN competencies is inevitable,” stated Mastuki.