Waka MPR emphasizes the importance of overall improvement in the education system

Jakarta – Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly, Lestari Moerdijat (Rerie), emphasizes the importance of comprehensive improvement in the basic, secondary, to tertiary education system. This is to improve the quality of national education in a sustainable way. “When implementing an education system, the principle of continuity between primary, medium and high education must actually be applied to bear a qualified next generation,” Rerie said in her statement, Saturday (6/21/2025). Rerie highlighted the results of the 2022 International Student Assessment (PISA) program showing that the academic performance of Indonesian students did not reach the targets in the National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2024. Link to continue with the content in the 2022 Pisa survey, the score of Indonesian students’ reading ability to 359 from 371 in 2018. 366, while the 2024 RPJMN 388 targeted and the scientific score decreased from 396 to 383, while the 2024 RPJMN 402 targeted. The PISA 2022 value was the result of an assessment in the 8th cycle of Pisa and the next cycle would be held in 2025. According to him, a strong academic basic understanding, which will increase the academic ability of students at the advanced education level. He also invited all parties, including the community, to participate in encouraging the birth of a quality and sustainable national education system. With this step, Rerie hopes that the young generation of Indonesia will be able to compete worldwide and become a better and extremely competitive human resource. (ANL/EGA) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here