Jakarta (TKN) – Commander of Communication Team Bravo, National Campaign Team (TKN) Prabowo Gibran, Budisatrio Djiwandono, welcomed the mandate of President Joko Widodo to increase the budget for research, especially in higher education.
“Prabowo-Gibran is ready to carry out the continuation of the President’s mandate, to increase research funding. Especially for higher education,” said Budisatrio to reporters on Monday (15/1).
Budisatrio emphasized that the addition of research funding will continue to be increased every year, if Prabowo-Gibran receives the mandate of the people to become President and Vice President for 2024-2029.
“One of the programs in Prabowo-Gibran’s vision and mission is to allocate research funding, which is targeted to be 1.5 percent of Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP),” Budisatrio continued.
The Vision and Mission of Prabowo-Gibran, Budisatrio added, is to lead Indonesia towards progress, one of the requirements to become a developed country is the political will to build a culture of research and innovation. And then move on to become a competitive and innovative industrial country.
“Prabowo-Gibran focuses on leading Indonesia towards greatness, the requirement is to build a culture of research and innovation. And make it a support for becoming a developed industrial country, for the dream of a greater Indonesia,” said Budisatrio.
Previously, President Joko Widodo instructed Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) Nadiem Makarim to increase the budget for research, especially in higher education in 2024. Despite the upcoming Presidential Election, Jokowi believes that the increase in research funding will be continued by whoever is elected as president.
“Pak Nadiem, the budget (for research) has been increased. It’s okay to start this year, even though we will have a new president. But starting with a big step, so the next president will definitely continue it. Whether it’s 01 (Anies Baswedan), whether it’s 02 (Prabowo Subianto), or 03 (Ganjar Pranowo),” said Jokowi at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Indonesian Forum of Rectors in Surabaya, Monday (SENOPATI).
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