Keterangan Pers Mensesneg Prasetyo Hadi dan Seskab Teddy Indra Wijaya, Jakarta, 7 Agustus 2026
Instructions from the President for us to study school textbooks starting from elementary school, junior high school and high school, which he then asked us to compare with several of our friendly countries. For example, there are some from Thailand, then Malaysia, Brunei, Timor Leste, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Singapore, especially ASEAN. So, this is Mr. ee SESKAP, what's his name? Bringing all these books to ee then we formed a team which now ee has worked on several times and has had meetings. This is a joint ee team which ee involves the Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, the National Development Planning Agency ( BAPENAS), and also BRIN, which yesterday also ee what is its name, conveyed the same thing that the problem of education as the President said is our basic ee foundation that we must strengthen, we must invest ee ee seriously in the world of education. Not only the infrastructure, not only the quality of the teachers, not only the quality of the facilities and infrastructure, but also including the books. So, please, this afternoon you can take a look and then try to compare it. In essence, we want to improve the quality of EE textbooks for all our younger students, from elementary school, middle school, to high school. And later the idea will not only be in physical form, there will also be some that we will utilize ee technology. So it can be downloaded, then connected to the interactive flat panel which has now been distributed in almost all of our schools, perhaps still in limited numbers. Please go ahead. One of the books might be from which country you can have it . This is an example, this one on the right is ours, okay? Yes. Textbooks starting from grade 1 of elementary school to grade 6 of junior high school and ee high school, yes. There are several points of emphasis from the President which, frankly, are of concern. The first is ee regarding ee textbooks which teach about issues of nationalism and ee nationality. The second one is about mathematics lessons. Mathematics. The third one is no less important regarding English ee lessons. And from several meetings, one of the conclusions is that we really have to re-compile because, for example, the English language skills, for example, between several countries that use English on a daily basis and those of us who don't or haven't used English on a daily basis . Well, the form or content of the book material is also different. What is the mechanism for these books , bro? Do [laughs] we see the books that are in public schools or top schools abroad? For example, equal, for example, a superior elementary school or all elementary schools are equal. So, what we are comparing is the same as what we are studying. ee means the requirement that ee school textbooks in Indonesia are the same at the patient level can be included in the curriculum, it is intended to be equalized, yes, not made the same. So we will see the quality while we are learning, what is the quality of books in other countries like while we really want to catch up so that the books we have to design are filled with both the content and the appearance. Well, that's the direction, bro. If the origin is only from Southeast Asia or from the region? Meanwhile from Asia. Finally, is there any targeting of what laws or lessons will be used by ee as soon as possible? The target was as soon as possible. We had hoped that this school year could be finished, but it seems the team needs more time. We reported to the President to ask for additional time. Well, maybe we hope that we can finish it by the end of the year or at the latest next academic year . Okay. Well, one more thing. Thank you, Mr. Ses. Mr. Ses also reminded us that one of the instructions from the President was that we were asked to design a writing book, especially for students in grades 1, 2, and 3 of elementary school. This book already exists and will be distributed to all students this school year. This is a plain notebook. Well, this is a practice book for writing with various pictures that are expected to be interesting and the lines are large because now there is a tendency for children to write in small letters. Well, this example is also written here, sir. Here, sir. So, please, but don't think that this means we're going back to the old school era. No, yeah. Even some countries in ee Europe are now reducing their dependence on GEJ and returning ee what is it called? getting used to returning to physical books. Well, this is also not only training writing skills, reducing dependence on gadgets is also expected to increase self-confidence. Then the values are patient. Diligent is the Indonesian word for diligent in taking notes. The hope is that by taking notes, there will be what is called sharpening of memory. Sometimes in life it is also necessary like that. So, we share this with all students, especially for state schools . Sir, how many of them will you share with us ? The number of each ee is approximately 10 because there are several types, there are illustrated models, there are plain ee models, there are already ee with what is called a certain theme or ee knowledge . Okay, thank you guys. Private too, private too. Huh? Private sector is all being counted. Ee but indeed we are doing it in stages for the younger siblings in grades 1, 2, and 3, which is the period where they start to learn to write these light stories. this is one of the secrets. It's no secret, it's one of the recipes from the President's family. Ee so since a young age ee Mr. Mitro's family always required his sons and daughters to read a certain number of books every week and then make ee what is ee summary or presentation and ee submitted it to their parents. That is also our way of educating, we have also coordinated with the Ministry of Elementary and Secondary Education for that, we are starting to encourage it again, we are starting to encourage it again, to love reading books and to make reading books mandatory for all of us. Excuse me, Mr. Mesek. So, initially, Mr. President visited several schools last year. Then when checking the textbooks, he looked at them one by one. Then, why are there some that are easily damaged, some that are already damaged, and then the writing is so small that elementary school children in particular have to read it very closely like this? Then, yeah, if you don't read it enough, it's not good enough. So on that basis, he wanted to check all the books from elementary school to high school. Initially, it was ours. Initially, we first checked everything. He looked at them one by one, and later there will also be a video of the President checking them all one by one. Check them one by one and then try to compare them to neighboring countries, right? at first it was like that so yes this is so Mr. PSK said it will be checked later the point is it will be fixed to be better that's all I think it means the President has checked everything, Sir, from elementary school books to high school books, then compared them, they have been read by the President, of course not all the details have been read, yes, some of the concerns were earlier, he said, what were the notes from the President, eh, yes, the first problem was the problem of nationalism. Well, this is related to national character building, which we must instill from an early age. One of them is in book form. Second, ee is catching up in the fields of science and technology. Basically, one of his areas of interest is mathematics. So, the third thing to face global competition is one of his concerns regarding foreign language skills. One of them is English ee. That's what concerns this problem, right? We have already explained the appearance earlier . I want it to be big, so attractive. The writing is not small, the material is also good so that it can last for a certain period of time, which maybe sometimes in the past there were people who didn't have this book personally, but then it could be inherited or used by their juniors. This class is related to what the Minister of Education and Culture is currently preparing, eh Minister of Education and Culture, Minister of Education and Culture, yes, what is related to historical issues is also coordinated with the Ministry of Culture because our history is indeed an extraordinary history, and it is not permissible for the next generation to not understand the history of our nation's struggle. hope.