"The character education will offer training to students about the skills necessary to face the actual matters for them," Muhadjir Effendy said here on Thursday.
Some materials could be included in character education, such as the dangers of drugs, safe schools, dangerous thoughts, traffic law awareness, anti-corruption, and disaster mitigation.
The material in character education about disasters comes as one package for skills, he noted.
"That is one package. We receive other materials too," the minister added.
In general, he noted that character education would not be included as a compulsory subject which would burden the students.
"But it will be integrated with existing subjects," the minister stated.
Starting in 2019 character education would be included in the subject matter or integrated with the basics of life skills, he remarked.
Death toll from the tsunami disaster in Sunda Strait, Banten Province, until 1 p.m. local time on Tuesday, has increased to 429, an official earlier stated.
Spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho made the remarks at a press gathering here, adding that the tsunami affected the five districts of Pandeglang and Serang in Banten Province and the districts of South Lampung, Pesawaran, and Tanggamus in Lampung Province.
"(The death toll) can possibly increase, with the most severe impact being in Pandeglang," Nugroho revealed.
The BNPB also revealed that until the third day after the Sunda Strait tsunami, 1,485 people were injured, 154 went missing, and 16,082 people were displaced by the tsunami that occurred on Saturday night on December 22, 2018.
According to Nugroho, out of the five districts, Pandeglang suffered the most impact, with 290 people dead, 1,143 injured, 77 missing, and 14,395 displaced.
In South Lampung District, 108 people died, 279 were injured, 9 were missing, and 1,373 people were displaced.
Meanwhile, in Serang District, 29 people died, 62 were injured, 68 were missing, and 83 were displaced. One person died, 1 was injured, and 231 were displaced in Pesawaran, while one died in Tanggamus.
In the face of the natural disaster, the emergency response period has been applied for 14 days for Pandeglang District, from Dec 22, 2018, to Jan 4, 2019, while for South Lampung, the emergency response period is applicable for a week, from Dec 23 to 29, 2018.
"It can likely be extended in accordance with the conditions," he added.
Reporting by Anom Prihartono
Editing by Azis Kurmala, Andi Abdussalam
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