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18
December

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin. (ANTARA/HO-Setwapres) - 

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has urged all higher education institutions and universities to strengthen collaboration and cooperation with industries to face the changing reality.

"To face challenges of change, higher education institutions must continue to transform and strengthen collaboration with the business and industry world," he said at the 5th International Seminar and Conference on Global Issues (ISCoGI) 2021, which he virtually from here on Saturday.

Aside from collaborating with industries, higher education institutions must also expand cooperation with governments, organizations, non-governmental organizations, and the media, he added.

"Transformation and collaboration are necessary to help (higher education institutions) become world-class higher education institutions," Amin said.

To harmonize the application of science with the industry's needs, the Vice President asked universities to develop research with related parties, such as with other universities and the business world.

Higher education institutions must also rejuvenate the governance and management of the education system by developing good governance and the values of transparency, accountability, responsibility, independence, and quality assurance, he said.

"Higher education institutions, as activators of innovation, can initiate collaboration in the form of joint research. This is essential so that financing is more efficient, and the development of science and technology is in line with the needs of industry and society," he remarked.

In addition, the Vice President also said that the research conducted by universities must be adaptive to current advancements in technology.

"For example, many research institutions have utilized artificial intelligence and big data in mass surveys. The results of the analysis and policy recommendations are close to real-time, so it is difficult to be matched by manual survey methods," he expounded.

The Vice President expressed the hope that higher education institutions in Indonesia would become cultural centers and movers of social change to help build a democratic society that thinks ahead and has a noble character//ANT

18
December

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin announced Indonesia's first Omicron case earlier this week. (ANTARA FOTO/Fauzan/nz) - 

 

A senior legislator has urged the Indonesian government to increase surveillance at international travel entry at airports across the country to stem the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

"Omicron cases have been found in Indonesia. Therefore, we need to be alert at our travel entry, particularly our international airports," Saleh Partaonan Daulay said in a statement that ANTARA received here Saturday.

The member of Commission IX of the House of Representatives overseeing healthcare and manpower expressed concern over reports of suspected Omicron infection in several Chinese migrant workers in Indonesia.

To prevent them from transmitting the new variant of the novel coronavirus disease to others, the migrant workers from Mainland China who arrived in Indonesia must be cautiously isolated, Daulay said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated Omicron as a "variant of concern" and to halt its spread, the Indonesian government must suspend the issuance of entry permits to Chinese workers, he added.

"If several of them are allowed to enter Indonesia during the increased risk of Omicron infections, they must be highly-skilled workers whose expertise cannot be substituted by Indonesian workers," he said.

ANTARA has reported earlier that Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin announced Indonesia's first Omicron case on Thursday.

The first person to be infected with the new variant is a janitor working at the Wisma Atlet Kemayoran emergency hospital for COVID-19, he informed.

The case was detected after three workers at the hospital were found positive for COVID-19, he said.

In response to the detection of the first Omicron case, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked people to stay calm.

"It is important to be vigilant, but do not panic," he said, adding that so far, the Omicron variant has not caused severe symptoms, especially in patients who have been vaccinated.

He also asked Indonesians to get vaccinated without delay to protect themselves and to continue to implement strict health protocols//ANT

18
December

Foreigners get vaccinated in Tanjung Benoa, Bali - 

 

The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of the Tourism and Creative Economy Agency, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, reviewed the vaccination center designated for Foreign Citizens (WNA) who do not have a Population Identification Number (NIK). This vaccination center was held in Tanjung Benoa, Bali.

"These foreigners are also part of the tourism ecosystem and creative economy in Bali and with the concept of helping each other today, we can start vaccinations," said the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Saturday (12/18/2021).

This vaccination center is the result of collaboration between the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and Kimia Farma, Antis, Enesis Group, and Homecare24. With a target of 1,300 vaccine recipients, it is hoped that it can help accelerate herd immunity or communal immunity in Indonesia in general, and Bali in particular.

"Because if we really want Bali to be protected from the Omicron variant, they must also be given the first and second doses of vaccination," said Sandiaga.

Through Geber Parekraf Peduli, Kemenparekraf/Baparekraf has vaccinated 701,989 people in various regions. This is certainly thanks to cooperation with the business world, educational institutions, and other stakeholders.

For this reason, the Menparekraf continues to encourage all elements of the pentahelix to 'collaborate' to present a vaccination center, so that the target to be achieved by the Kemenparekraf/Baparekraf by the end of 2021 to vaccinate 1 million tourism and creative actors and the community can be achieved, so that the tourism and creative economy sectors can be achieved. rise and jobs are created again.

"As of today, thank God, thanks to Geber Parekraf Peduli, 701,989 people have been vaccinated, from the target of one million parekraf people, and we will continue to increase it," said Sandiaga.

On that occasion, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy was accompanied by the Deputy for Strategic Policy at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, R. Kurleni Ukar; Deputy for Tourism Products and Events Kemenparekraf/Baparekraf Rizky Handayani; Expert Staff of the Minister for Crisis Management Kemenparekraf/Baparekraf, Henky Manurung; Head of the Communication Bureau of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, I Gusti Ayu Dewi Hendriyani; and Chairman of the Bali Tourism Board, Ida Bagus Agung Partha Adnyana//VOI-NK

18
December

The Head of National Library, Muhammad Syarif Bando officially open the the Magetan Regency Literacy Center Graha in Plaosan, Magetan, East Java, on Friday (12/17/ 2021) - 

 

National Library (NLI) R.I. is committed to providing a stimulus for local governments through the provision of the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) for the library sub-sector.

This is given to local governments to prepare basic public service infrastructure. This year, Magetan Regency, East Java Province, became one of the recipients of physical DAK assistance for the library sub-sector worth Rp. 10 billion. The funds were allocated to build the Magetan Regency Literacy Center Graha.

The Head of National Library, Muhammad Syarif Bando, welcomed the commitment of the Magetan Regency Government to facilitate community needs. "We appreciate the policy efforts of the district government and its ranks for its alignment with the community. The construction of this Literacy Center Graha is an inspiring thing," said Syarif Bando after inagurating the Magetan Regency Literacy Center Graha in Plaosan, Magetan, East Java, on Friday (12/17/ 2021).

He added, to take advantage of the Literacy Center Graha, the Magetan Regency Government needs to synergize and involve community components. "This is to ensure that Magetan Regency grows with new ideas and ideas, all of which knowledge is in the library," he continued.

On that occasion, Syarif Bando received a book written by the Regent of Magetan, Suprawoto, with the title Sewing Dreams of the People and Email Saka Jakarta. Syarif Bando hopes that the books can be digitized. In addition, various books with local content, such as the origin of Magetan, the potential of human and natural resources, history, culture, and tourism, are also expected to be digitized. In this way, these books can enrich the literacy treasures of the National Library of Indonesia.

"How powerful it would be if one digitized book would penetrate millions of human heads and grow millions of new human values," he said.

Meanwhile, Regent Suprawoto, said that the construction of the Literacy Center Graha was an effort to advance education, human resources, interest in reading, and literacy in a broad sense in Magetan Regency.

As a district that has a small APBD and does not have a university, Suprawoto said that it is difficult to bring in experts and professors in Magetan. According to him, it was just a dream.

"But that dream can come true because of the National Library of Indonesia. It is impossible for us to bring in experts, but people can access great works (books) in the library," he said.

This Literacy Center Graha will become a literacy center in a broad sense, not just reading and writing interests. This building can also be used by anyone, not limited to the people of Magetan.

Regent Suprawoto conveyed that easy access to the library is expected to produce great works. Moreover, the National Library of Indonesia has digitized more than 600,000 book titles, as well as the availability of scientific journals. "So we can write, learn from various knowledge here. There is no reason not to work because there is no access," he said.

In addition, the Literacy Center Graha can also be used as a literacy tour for students. According to him, tourism does not have to be interpreted with nature tourism. "We want to change that, that we can travel but provide added value. Children during school holidays can come here, then return from here, they can make short stories, poetry or geguritan," he explained.

The presence of the Literacy Center Graha is believed to have an impact on the people of Magetan Regency and inspire other regions. "I invite the public and literacy activists to take advantage of this place. Create a good program so that people can come to learn, and share knowledge. On behalf of the people of Magetan, I thank the National Library of Indonesia," he concluded.

Before inaugurating the Magetan Regency Literacy Center Graha, the Head of the National Library and the Magetan Regent visited the Digital Reading Corner (Pocadi) in Pasar Baru, Magetan, which was assisted by the National Library of Indonesia//VOI-NK