"The Independent Curriculum, which started as an effort to help teachers and students during the pandemic, has proven to be able to reduce the impact of loss of learning."
The Merdeka Curriculum started with an effort to help teachers and students during the pandemic, which has proven to be able to reduce the impact of loss of learning.
Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Mendikbudristek) Nadiem Anwar Makarim said the Merdeka Curriculum, which is part of the Merdeka Learning policy, was able to reduce the impact of loss of learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nadiem conveyed this at a commemoration ceremony for the National Education Day (Hardiknas) in Jakarta, Friday.
"The Independent Curriculum, which started as an effort to help teachers and students during the pandemic, has proven to be able to reduce the impact of loss of learning," said Nadiem.
Nadiem added that currently the Independent Curriculum has been applied to 140 thousand education units throughout the country. Hundreds of thousands of students have learned in a fun and liberating way.
"Children no longer need to worry about passing tests, because the national assessment that we use is not aimed at punishing teachers or students, but as a reflection material so that teachers continue to be motivated to learn, so that school principals are motivated to improve the quality of their schools to be more inclusive and free from bullying. threat of three major sins of education," he added.
In addition, he continued, artists and cultural actors can rise and work again with the presence of the cultural endowment fund and the first cultural channel in the country. added Nadiem.
All the positive changes incorporated in the Free Learning policy were not only felt by students, teachers, parents, and other education personnel, but also echoed at the international level through the G20 Indonesia Presidency.
This proves that Indonesia is no longer just a follower, but a leader of the world recovery movement. Nadiem invites all stakeholders to continue to lead the recovery and to realize the Freedom of Learning. (Kemendikbud, antara)
