Thursday, 2/5 to coincide with National Education Day or National Education Day is a national day that is not a holiday set by the Indonesian government to commemorate the birth of Ki Hajar Dewantara, namely the Pioneer of Education in Indonesia and the founder of the Taman Siswa Education Institute, commemorated on May 2 each year.
In commemoration of the 2019 National Education Day (Hardiknas), Yogyakarta PGRI University held a joint ceremony that was attended by all UPY lecturers and employees and students from PGRI 1 Poor Middle School on Thursday (02/02/ 05/2019) by taking place on the front page of the UPY Unit 1 Campus Auditorium. The ceremony device itself comes from the Student Regiment or Menwa Upty, while the ceremonial coach is Dr. Ir. Paiman, M.P. UPY Rector.
Hardiknas 2019 is the right moment to remind everyone of the importance of education. Not only formal education pathways such as in schools or tertiary institutions, but also non-formal and informal, all of which must complement each other to educate the lives of people in the nation and state. Of course the hope for all children to be able to criticize proper education.
Entering the fourth industrial revolution, the education system must prepare superior humans who are ready to face the changing times. The rapid development of technology, is predicted to affect human civilization in the future. Disructive phenomena will enter all fields, including education. Education must immediately evolve to answer the challenges of the era.
In connection with this, UPY continues to improve quality both in terms of HR and development to support a better learning process facility for the future. In addition, the increase was also seen from the accreditation of study programs whose results were increasing from before. Capacity building is characterized by the opening of new study programs, namely pharmacy and industrial engineering. While for industrial engineering starting this year, it has begun to open for registration. However, all of these improvements will have no meaning without being accompanied by character education. Because the character occupies the highest position for all ages, especially the digital age like today. In order to answer the challenges of changing times in various fields, especially education, of course it needs cooperation between educational institutions, the government and industry. Happy National Education Day!