On Thursday, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Stella Christie underscored the importance of this step, as Indonesians are among the highest research consumers in the world, especially in mathematics, science, and technology.
Christie made the remarks in a seminar titled "Realizing a Collaborative Talent Ecosystem for Sustainable Development" held at the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education office in Jakarta.
"We want every policy to encourage students to have a research mindset," she emphasized.
To this end, she explained that the government is currently seeking to develop an education roadmap, from early childhood to higher education, to stimulate and facilitate critical thinking among students.
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This is expected to encourage students to utilize research results critically.
She is upbeat that the government's efforts to cultivate a research mindset among students would make them prudent in interpreting technological progress and changes while also tackling social problems in the future, such as online gambling and other cybercrimes.
"Thus, we, as users, could use them (research results) well and create policies in our life based on in-depth research regarding their advantages and disadvantages," she remarked.
Furthermore, she noted that instilling a research mindset in students can foster empathy and expand their thinking of various innovations to tackle problems in their respective living environments by making the most of global progress and insights.
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