President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged all stakeholders to contribute to forge and prepare excellent Indonesian human resources by collaborating to realize the Merdeka Belajar (Freedom to Learn) and Kampus Merdeka (Independent Campus) movement, the Government’s vehicle to accelerate the preparation of Indonesia’s top human resources. “It is a talent boosting strategy that we must […]

According to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, in order to begin transformation on Indonesia’s higher education system to adjust to the global development and create the best human resources, it is necessary to also transform methods, mindset, and knowledge to the new ones. “I have several points of note. First, the latest inventions in science and […]

Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Nadiem Makarim has initiated an education program for university called “Kampus Merdeka” (Independent Campus) aimed to prepare Indonesian youth to be the future leader. According to him, the rapidly and unexpectedly global changes have posed challenges for everyone and push them to adapt, including students. The ability to […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo held a discussion with Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Nadiem Makarim to talk about Kampus Merdeka (Independent Campus) program on Tuesday (15/06/2021) at the State Palace, Jakarta. On that occasion, President Jokowi delivered five things that Indonesian university graduates must have to face the future. First, the most important […]

Ministry of Health issued new regulation on vaccination to expand the coverage of national vaccination program and accelerate the vaccination in the effort to achieve herd immunity and to curb COVID-19 pandemic. Regulation of Minister of Health Number 18 of 2021 enacted by Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin on 28 May 2021 was issued […]

The Government has issued two Government Regulations (PP) on Special Economic Zones (SEZ) located in Batam, namely PP Number 67 of 2021 on Batam Aero Technic SEZ and PP Number 68 of 2021 on Nongsa Digital Park SEZ. The two PPs were signed by President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo on 8 June […]

The Government has announced plan to extend the implementation of the micro-scale public activity restrictions (PPKM Mikro) in all provinces in the country. Chairperson of the COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Working Committee (KPCPEN) Airlangga Hartarto said that the PPKM Mikro Phase X will take effect from 15 to 28 June 2021 and be […]

In a bid to tackle surges of COVID-19 cases following Eid al-Fitr holidays, the Government has announced it will increase capacity of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients to 40 percent, particularly in red zone regencies / cities that have seen a high bed occupancy rate. The statement was made by Coordinating Minister of the Economic […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has once again ordered Commander of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and Chief of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) to optimize the implementation of micro-scale public activity restriction (PPKM) policy. “The President’s directives were stressed on the implementation of health protocols. He assigned the TNI Commander and Polri Chief to […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) to step in to speed up COVID-19 vaccination so that the vaccination target of 700,000 jabs per day in June and one million jabs per day in July can be achieved. “The President has ordered the TNI […]