President Joko Widodo Shocked by Low Ratio of Master’s and Doctoral Education in Indonesia

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – President Joko Widodo said he was shocked when he received a report regarding the ratio of the population with Strata 2 (S2) and Strata 3 (S3) education to the productive population in Indonesia.

According to Jokowi, the ratio figure of 0.45 percent is very low.

“The ratio of people with master’s and doctoral education to the productive population is still very low in our country. I was also shocked when I got this figure yesterday. Indonesia’s figure is 0.45 percent. 0.45 percent,” said Jokowi when giving a speech at Indonesian Chancellor’s Forum event which was held in Surabaya, East Java on Monday (15/1/2024).

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“Our neighboring countries, Vietnam, Malaysia are already at 2.43 percent. Developed countries are at 9.8 percent. That’s a far cry,” he said.

The President said that this week he would hold a meeting to discuss this ratio.

At the same time, we will find out what policy solutions the government will take to increase the ratio of the population with master’s and doctoral degrees.

“I don’t know where the budget will come from. But we will find out so that (the ratio of) S2, S3 to the productive age population can really increase drastically,” said Jokowi.

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“It’s very far from 0.45 percent to (Malaysia’s) 2.43 percent. The figure is what it looks like, but if you multiply it how many times. It’s five times lower than the countries I mentioned earlier,” he added.

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2024-01-15 04:07:00


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