Minister of National Education Nadiem Anwar Makarim underlined the collaborative role of all elements in the education system that work together to realize the high ideals of Ki Hadjar Dewantara to create Indonesia's golden generation in 2045.

Vice Rector III for Planning and Cooperation at Universitas Indo Global Mandiri (IGM), Prof Erry Yulian T Adesta, Ph.D. said education in Indonesia is currently being disrupted by the mindset that formal education up to the university level is to make humans as one of the resources for the benefit of anyone who has the power (resource).

Consequently, this condition turns humans into an instrument of production. And humans will be transformed into robots at work. I disagree that humans are human resources, but it is more appropriate to call them human capital. How to look at humans as a whole. This recollection is what we need in this Hardiknas 2023 moment, Erry said Thursday (4/5/2023).

He did not doubt that many of these human capital currently have good soft skills that are even above average, but if they are not accompanied by a high level of awareness and morals then the human being is nothing more than a machine.

Make this Hardiknas as the first step for a comprehensive improvement in the minds of the children of the nation. Education is obtained throughout life (long life learning) and is not limited by barriers. Moreover, it creates intellectual robots, he explained.

If education is not accompanied by moral education, it is not impossible that it will create individuals who are involved in negative actions. Currently, many products from top universities are involved in corruption cases. Imagine that, he said.

Therefore, ideally, the educational teaching process in Indonesia should be returned to the brilliant method initiated by Ki Hajar Dewan Tara. The methods of Ing Ngarso Sung Tuladha, Ing Madya Mangun Karsa, and Tut Wuri Handayani are still valid and accurate to apply in the current era. And it all starts from family education as the closest environment for human moral development, he concluded. (andhiko tungga alam/dzulfiqor ammar)