Jakarta (TKN) – Commander of Bravo Communication Team, National Campaign Team (TKN) Prabowo Gibran, Budisatrio Djiwandono, welcomed President Joko Widodo’s mandate to increase the budget for research, especially in universities.
“Prabowo-Gibran is ready to carry out the President’s mandate to increase research funding. Especially for universities,” said Budisatrio to reporters on Monday (15/1).
Budisatrio emphasized that the addition of research funding will continue to be added every year, if Prabowo-Gibran obtains the mandate of the people to become President and Vice President for 2024-2029.
“One of the programs in the vision and mission of Prabowo-Gibran is to allocate research funding targeted to be 1.5 percent of Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP),” Budisatrio continued.
The Vision and Mission of Prabowo-Gibran, said Budisatrio, is towards an Advanced Indonesia, one of the requirements to become an advanced 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 is focused on achieving a Golden Indonesia, the requirement is to build a culture of research and innovation. And make it a support for becoming an advanced industrial country, for the vision of an Advanced Indonesia,” said Budisatrio.
Previously, President Joko Widodo instructed Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim to increase the budget for research, especially in universities in 2024. Despite the presidential election, Jokowi believes that the increase in research funding will be continued by whoever is elected as president.
“Mr. Nadiem, the budget (for research) is increased. It’s okay to start this year, even though the president will change. But it starts big, so the next president will definitely continue, whether it’s 01 (Anies Baswedan), whether it’s 02 (Prabowo Subianto), whether it’s 03 (Ganjar Pranowo),” explained Jokowi at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Indonesian Forum of Rectors in Surabaya, Monday (SENOPATI).
Source: https://prabowosubianto.com/presiden-minta-mendikbud-tambah-anggaran-riset-tkn-prabowo-gibran-kami-siap-melanjutkan-target-anggaran-riset-dan-inovasi-15-persen-pdb/
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