Sexual violence should not occur, especially in the education environment.Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry stated that the Ministry's regulation Permendikbudristek No. 30 of 2021 on Preventing and Handling Sexual Violence (Permen PPKS) in the university environment aligns with the purpose of education.
The ministry's official, Anang Ristanto, noted here on Thursday that within the National Education System Law, education was a conscious and planned effort to realize the learning environment and process.
This effort is made, so that students can actively develop their inner potential to have self-control as well as religious, psychological, intellectual, and moral strength.
Ristanto opined that sexual violence is one of the obstacles faced in realizing the purpose of education.
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The regulation stipulates aspects that were earlier not dealt with in detail, thereby resulting in less-than-optimal handling of sexual violence cases in universities, he elaborated.
"The physical and mental harm done to sexual violence victims resulted in less-than-optimal realization of University Tri Dharma's (three obligations) and reduced the quality of universities," he affirmed.
"Sexual violence should not occur, especially in the education environment," he emphasized.
To this end, it has become the ministry's duty to at least regulate administrative penalty on perpetrators of sexual violence in universities, he noted.
Other forms of punitive penalty stipulated within regulations that have become the foundation of Permen PPKS, he affirmed.
Ristanto explained that Permen PPKS was formulated by bearing in mind 10 higher regulations in the eyes of the law that have passed through the harmonization process in the Law and Human Rights Ministry.
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Within the regulation comprising 58 articles, it stipulates several obligations for universities to prevent sexual violence through learning, management bolstering, and strengthening the culture of students, lecturers, and education workers' community.
According to article 6, prevention through learning is conducted by having leaderships of universities push students, lecturers, and education workers to study the sexual violence prevention and handling module designed by the ministry.
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Meanwhile, in terms of management, universities should create policies that support the prevention and handling of sexual violence in universities, form a task force, and design a sexual violence prevention and handling guide.
In addition, universities should limit the meeting time between students and lectures and/or education workers outside the campus operational hours and/or outside the campus area.
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Translator: Indriani, Fadhli Ruhman
Editor: Fardah Assegaf
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