“The existing regulation needs to be perfected through a more humanist, comprehensive, and participatory approach. With recent incidents, we hope that what happened in Jakarta will be the last,” Mu’ti said after opening the International Conference on Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy (ICCCRL) here on Tuesday.
He explained that the humanistic approach would strengthen school guidance and counseling services based on a “heart-to-heart” principle.
With this approach, he continued, students would be able to speak openly, confidently, and without pressure about the problems they face with their homeroom teachers.
“The approach is ‘heart to heart,’ so that students can express themselves confidently, sharing various concerns with their teachers. If we can develop a more humanistic attitude, we can build a culture of mutual acceptance among all members of the education community,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the comprehensive approach, he added, would address problems in a holistic manner.
According to him, the issues faced by students are not limited to academic matters. Through a comprehensive approach, the ministry aims to understand students’ challenges from multiple perspectives, including spiritual ones.
“Students need spiritual guidance; this is an important part of the national education goals. One of the objectives of national education is to build a generation that is faithful, pious, and of noble character, and that is what we are striving to develop,” Mu’ti remarked.
He expressed hope that improving the existing regulation would help reduce the still relatively high rate of violence in educational institutions.
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