January 2024

The Ministry of Education and Culture announces the results of the PISA scores 2022 on Tuesday (5/12) online via the YouTube channel. PISA is an international study that assesses the education system through measuring student literacy and numeracy competencies. Nadiem Makarim, Mendikbudrists, convey, even though the literacy and numeracy scores of Indonesian students have fallen, but the ranking increased compared to the PISA results last year 2018. This proves the resilience of the Indonesian education system in facing the COVID-19 disaster. "The impact of the pandemic and learning loss that Indonesia is facing, The recovery is much faster than the average of other countries in the world. This shows the resilience of our system and the strategies we have implemented to catch up are effective,” explained Nadiem. The strategy that Nadiem mentioned refers to the implementation of the Emergency Curriculum. The Emergency Curriculum is a Curriculum 2013 with simplified material so that learning can be more in-depth. During the pandemic, The education unit has three curriculum options, namely Curriculum 2013, Prototype Curriculum, and Emergency Curriculum. Based on research results, Nadiem revealed, schools that use the Emergency Curriculum experience much lower learning loss than schools that continue to use the Curriculum 2013. “Where are the learning outcomes of one year in schools that actually implement the Emergency Curriculum, a much more streamlined curriculum, simpler, easy to understand, only the essentials are focused on, The learning loss they face is much smaller than schools that implement the curriculum 2013, just lost 1 month compared 5 moon," he explained, referring to research by the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2018 2021.. Bukik Setiawan, chairman of the Teacher Learning Foundation, appreciates the Ministry of Education and Culture's policy which gives schools the option to choose one of three curricula. This choice shows that the ministry respects the authority of schools to determine the best curriculum for students in their schools. “That's too much, decisions are made totally by the central government, without respecting the authority of schools that better understand the conditions of students and the region. The PISA results show that the curriculum choices chosen by schools have proven to help Indonesia remain resilient to the threat of learning loss,said Buck. Bukik invited the teacher, school principals and school supervisors to move together to expand and improve the quality of implementing the independent curriculum. “Maybe it's not yet comprehensive, but at least you can prioritize 3 key agenda: classroom management, assessment at the beginning of learning and learning differentiation. She was 3 This key agenda was implemented, there will undoubtedly be an increase in literacy, number and character of students in a school,he explained. Besides that, Bukik also suggested that teachers invite students to discuss when determining assessments, “When discussed with students, the assessment also triggers changes in student behavior and learning habits,” concluded Bukik. (Yosi)

Learning Teacher Foundation (YGB) Meet the invitation of the Directorate General of Teachers and Education Personnel of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Education. YGB is present as a development partner for the Implementation of the Independent Curriculum (IKM). Activities are held on Friday (17/11). Yangb whose presence was represented by Andreas Afrindo, give feedback on the activation of the Merdeka Teaching Platform (PMM). According to him, Collaboration of Development Partners and Educators through PMM is a meaningful collaboration. "Mitra is involved in intense in the field with educators, so that together with the Merdeka Teaching Platform can provide appropriate needs. According to the needs of the teacher, student needs, and the development of education,” explained Andreas, partnership officer YGB. "This collaboration can produce joint development of educational resources, like subject matter, module, or innovative teaching techniques. Sharing educators' good practices through PMM can improve the quality of teaching and learning outcomes,he continued. Even though it's neat in features, Andreas hopes, The involvement of development partners through PMM has increased. He said, Partners can be involved by organizing regular training and professional development programs for teachers. Through the program, The teacher has a consultation room to overcome the problems they face in school. The Teacher Learning Foundation Provides Refreshments for Teacher Competency Provision. Contact separately, Bukik Setiawan as the chairman YGB, said, Who is committed to accompanying educators to be separated from the snares of learning misconceptions in order to apply independence learning. At the moment, Yangb has accompanied 50 Regional Education/Ministry of Religion. Besides that 2219 education units, 703.500 teacher, and empowering 1000 more educators to share good practices. "YGB has provided refreshment and debriefing to a number of components of the learning process according to the direction of change in the Merdeka curriculum,” he said. "Like the preparation of the learning flow, preparation for networking with local governments to activate IKM collaboration, coach preparation, and preparation for support to ensure the sustainability of teacher assistance and education units,"Bukik continued. Yangb through one of three units, namely the Independent Leaders Campus, holding a Merdeka Curriculum Ready Certificate Program. The program accompanied the school to simulate analyzing the characteristics of the school, Simulation makes school operational curriculum frameworks (KOS), Compile learning objectives (CP, TP, and ATP), as well as understanding the development of the Pancasila profile strengthening project (P5). (Yosi)