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Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU) KH Chorul Sholeh Rasyid supports President Joko Widodo being named the Father of Indonesian Santri. This is because President Jokowi has designated Santri Day as a national day on October 22, 2015.

"I think it's a very good proposal, I agree," said Kyai Sholeh Rasyid, Saturday (10/22/2022).

In fact, Kiai Sholeh Rasyid emphasized that the proposal of President Jokowi as the Father of Indonesian Santri is very rational. If you refer to the long history of establishing Santri Day as a national holiday.

The Indonesian government and society in general commemorate National Santri Day every year, on October 22 to be exact. The determination of National Santri Day was carried out by President Jokowi through Presidential Decree (Kepres) No. 22 of 2015 concerning Santri Day.

Kyai Sholeh Rasyid explained, in addition to establishing the National Santri Day, the government also allocates a budget. Namely in improving the quality of pesantren, students, and teachers.

Therefore, according to him, Indonesian Islamic boarding schools are now starting to develop rapidly. Where, the pesantren management system has begun to be modern, especially since there is already a directorate of Islamic boarding schools at the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia.

"This is also only a few months, these students are the next generation, filling the future of Indonesia," he said. "Indonesian civilization that has an inclusive Islamic perspective."

He ensured that all pesantren were taught about religious education that was expert in 'sunnah wal congregation'. They are given an understanding of Islam that is inclusive, and open, as is the understanding of the birth of the Republic of Indonesia.

"Islam is open, so Islam is a mercy for all nations," he said. "Islam that is rahmatan lilal'alamin."

Previously, the Chairman of the Central Jakarta PCNU, Gus Syaifuddin, proposed that President Jokowi be named the Father of Indonesian Santri. Because the President is considered meritorious by making policies that favor the world of education and religion in Indonesia.

Through this policy, decisions were made in favor of students and Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. This was said by Gus Syaifuddin in the commemoration of the 2022 Santri Day at the Acacia Hotel, Jakarta, Friday (21/10/2022).

"President Joko Widodo has decided October 22 as Santri Day was issued in October 2015 ago," he said. "It is very wise and fitting if we propose Mr. Jokowi as the Father of Indonesian Santri." (RRI)

Indonesia won three gold medals in Speed Chess on the last day of the Asian Youth Chess Championship. The competition took place at the Grand Inna Hotel, Kuta, Friday (21/10/2022).

In total, Indonesia won 4 gold, 12 silver, and 18 bronze medals. Another gold was won from the Rapid number.

The gold medal for quick chess was won by Laysa Latifah in the women's number G16 (Individual). One gold was won in the G16 Blitz Team on behalf of Laysa, Adeeba, and Salwa Nadia Maharani.

Another number was won by the U16 Team which was won by the national team chess squad. They are Arfan Bagus Aditya, Nayaka Budidharma, and Reynard Kristopher.

Laysa successfully won the gold duo medal after being able to pass foreign chess players such as Mongolia, Kazakhstan. He also managed to step over 2 tough Vietnamese chess players in the last two rounds.

The Asian Youth Chess Championships ended with Vietnam as the overall champion in standard chess events. The country won 5 gold, 5 silver, and 1 bronze. Next champion India 3 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze. Iran is in third place with 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

The closing was officially carried out by Hisham Al Taher, General Secretary of the Asian Chess Federation. Although Indonesia has not yet reached the top three, the General Chair of PB Percasi, GM Utut Adianto, appreciates the struggle of Indonesian junior chess players.

"Organizing a tournament like this is to lay the fundamentals for our chess players in the future. When it comes to chess for the Asian region, the competition is quite tough. We must give our junior players the opportunity to dare to face great fighters from outside," he said.

According to him, Asia has many very strong athletes. Good training, competitive opportunities, and continuous evaluation will make Indonesian athletes better.

"We have to do this cycle of three things continuously, don't let it be interrupted. For example, holding the AYCC tournament," he said. (RRI)

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) will hold the "Research & Innovation Expo 2022" (Research & Innovation Expo/InaRIE). The event was held at the Innovation Convention Center (ICC) BRIN KST Soekarno Building, Cibinong, West Java, 27 to 30 October 2022.

"InaRI Expo 2022 showcases various superior innovation products from various institutions. Among them, universities, government research and development institutions, industry, start-ups, and international partners," said BRIN Publication and Documentation Coordinator Theresia Erni Wijayanti to Pro3 RRI, Saturday (22/22/2020). 10/2022).

He said that in previous years it was held under the name Ritech Expo. "Come on, attend the largest research and innovation exhibition in Indonesia, opening from 09.00-17.00 WIB," said Theresia.

"We are bringing a new concept. InaRI Expo 2022 carries the theme "Digital, Blue, & Green Economy: Research and Innovation of Food V and Energy Sovereignty," he said.

"For #KawanBRIN who wants to find information. Visit the link https://bit.ly/inarie," he said. (RRI)

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said he was concerned about the phenomenon of violence in the world of education and boarding schools. The vice president asked schools and educational institutions to play an active role in preventing various forms of violence.

“For the pesantren, there is already a masyayikh council, a community assembly, consisting of various scholars from various pesantren. The main goal is to provide guidance to improve the quality of pesantren," said the Vice President when met in Jakarta, Saturday (22/10/2022).

“However, there is also guidance including an anti-violence curriculum. So there are anticipatory efforts to prevent the occurrence of violence that recently emerged," said the Vice President.

The vice president admitted that schools and educational institutions other than pesantren do not yet have a special council such as the community assembly. He encouraged the relevant ministries to make patterns of preventing the occurrence of various acts of violence in the world of education.

“In fact, I heard that there was sexual violence in orphanages there. I ask that later, both the minister of religion and the minister of social affairs will also pay attention to and prevent patterns of violence," said the vice president.

The case of violence at Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor 1 Pusat, Ponorogo, East Java, last August caused the death of a student with the initials AM. Initially, the pesantren informed the family in Palembang that AM's death was due to illness, later it was discovered that it was due to the violence of his senior classmate.

No less worrying is the sexual violence experienced by dozens of female students at a boarding school in the East Beji area, Depok. They are alleged to have been victims of sexual violence by four clerics and an older classmate in the past year. (RRI)