By : Alexander Joshua Galen )*
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) continues to intensify various strategic superior programs, one of which is the Nusantara Student Dormitory (AMN) which aims to further improve the quality of youth across regions in the country.
With the existence of AMN’s superior and strategic program, it is not impossible that the quality of youth across regions will continue to improve because it is not just a place to live or dormitory, but there is a lot of training, upbringing and development that is specifically targeted at the next generation of young people. nation.
Through lots of very useful training from mentors who are experienced and have capacity in their fields, young people, even though they come from different backgrounds across regions, will together experience self-development and improve the quality of strategic program files from the Indonesian Government. namely AMN.
Special Staff (Stafsus) of the Steering Committee of the Pancasila Ideology Development Agency (BPIP), Romo Benny Susetyo, explained that the Nusantara Student Dormitory does not only function as a place to live, but is also capable of being a means of increasing the insight of the younger generation.
Because in that dormitory, they will learn many things such as rhetoric, organization, and how to build arguments and organize public opinion.
So the Nusantara Student Dormitory is not only a place to rest, but there are also many activities that young people do to further enrich their insight.
The development of AMN by the Government through the initiation of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) is very ideal, because it contains students from several regions in the country, not just from certain areas, but really from all backgrounds, even those from remote locations. have the same learning rights.
The Indonesian government is very aware that inclusive education as in the Nusantara Student Dormitory is something important and a need for the nation because of the nature of Indonesia which has a very diverse society.
Because they are diverse, to be able to encourage improvement in the quality of Human Resources (HR) in society, an appropriate pattern of approach to education is needed, which is characterized by inclusiveness as in AMN.
Indonesia is a very diverse country, so collaboration in the world of education to jointly fully support the realization of inclusiveness is something that this nation really needs.
Meanwhile, the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that the existence of the Nusantara Student Dormitory is very important so that the nation’s young generation who come from various regions in the country can get to know each other’s diversity.
Because of the very important position of AMN, the Government will continue to intensify similar development in other regions, after previously having great success in Surabaya and Manado, in the future the Nusantara Student Dormitory will be established in Makassar, Yogyakarta, Jakarta and Malang.
The building contains all students from Sabang to Merauke. Everyone will live under the same roof and live a harmonious life side by side together to get to know each other.
Not only do they get to know each other, but AMN residents who come from various tribes, religions and regions can build harmony and unity. If the nation’s young generation can get to know each other and accept differences between regions, then they will have an open nature and be able to maintain unity.
The daily life of the nation’s children in the dormitory clearly shows the diversity of ethnicity, religion and culture, but everyone still lives in harmony side by side with a sense of tolerance.
Not only is it useful for enriching the youth’s experience, but by learning to tolerate it also makes them able to further strengthen national unity, the spirit of diversity and make AMN a true miniature of Indonesia.
One of the keys to the success of the Nusantara Student Dormitory in uniting its residents from diverse backgrounds is the existence of programs to facilitate them interacting with each other.
Various activities such as cultural discussions, Indonesian culinary exhibitions and art performances are regularly held to further introduce and celebrate diversity.
Through these many positive activities, students can get to know and understand each other’s culture, thereby creating a sense of mutual respect even in the midst of differences.
Therefore, it is not surprising why support continues to flow for the development of AMN, one of which comes from academics, namely the Deputy Chancellor I for Academic Affairs at Sam Ratulangi University (Unsrat) Manado, Prof. Grevo Soleman Gerung who gave very high appreciation and full support.
Improvements in the quality of human resources (HR), especially among youth across regions, continue to occur thanks to the government’s strategic flagship program, namely the Nusantara Student Dormitory (AMN).
)* The author is a Contributor to Suara Khatulistiwa
