With the handbook, the Babinsa can disseminate information about Pancasila and respond to residents' inquiries (on the ideology).
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Pancasila Ideology Education Agency (BPIP) handed over Pancasila education handbooks to the Indonesian Army's village supervisory non-commissioned officers (Babinsa) in West Sumatra to help disseminate the national ideology among the community.

"With the handbook, the Babinsa can disseminate information about Pancasila and respond to residents' inquiries (on the ideology)," BPIP's Director of Pancasila Ideology Education Material Assessment Aris Heru Utomo said, according to a press statement received here on Saturday.

He earlier presented a handbook to West Sumatra 032/Wirabraja Sub-regional Military Commander, Brigadier General Purmanto, during a focus-group discussion on Pancasila and nationalism in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, on Friday (August 19, 2022).

The Pancasila education handbook contains basic information about the ideology, such as the birth and formulation of Pancasila, basic tenets, challenges to disseminating Pancasila, and basic information about village governance, he disclosed.

Utomo said that the decision to prioritize village supervisory non-commissioned officers in the distribution of the handbook was made on account of their status as the frontliners in the Army's territorial management and their frequent interaction with residents.

He said that the handbook on Pancasila ideology education was drafted as a follow-up to the "Pancasila Ideology Education Material Standard for TNI (Indonesian National Defence Forces)" guidelines received by TNI Commander General Andika Perkasa from BPIP chairperson Yudian Wahyudi on April 17.

The handbook has been prepared by BPIP's Pancasila Ideology Education Material Assessment Directorate, he noted.

BPIP Deputy Chairperson Karjono, West Sumatra Governor Mahyeldi, Army Chief of Staff's Deputy Assistant for regional defense, social communication, and service, Brigadier General Rudy Rachmat Nugraha, and West Sumatra mayors and district heads attended the event and witnessed the handbook presentation ceremony.

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