Nadiem: Entertaining Schools are being Developed

The Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry is preparing a “super application” for teachers with a kind of online university that teachers can study at.

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Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Nadiem Anwar Makarim (left) in dialogue with students and lecturers from a number of campuses in Medan, at the University of North Sumatra, Tuesday (26/10/2021). Nadiem asked for the Merdeka Learning program at the Merdeka Campus to continue to be improved.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Schools of the future, ones that are entertaining and relevant, are being prepared to help transform the education system with the spirit of Merdeka Belajar (Freedom in Learning). Changes must be executed in parallel while ensuring that the foundation for the transformation of the future education system is ready, solid and sustainable.

Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim said during a visit to the Kompas Daily Editorial Office on Tuesday (2/11/2021) that the ongoing five-year period was a time to determine and regulate changes in the direction of education so as not to be misdirected. In the next 10 to 15 years, changes in the education system to help it follow international standards and create entertaining and relevant schools were expected to begin.