HumasUPNVJ - Through the UPN Veterans Jakarta Public Lecture (UPNVJ) presenting Tatang Muttaqin, S.Sos., M.Ed., Ph.D Director of Higher Education and Science and Technology of the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas.

On this special occasion, Tatang gave a public lecture discussing the development of higher education in Indonesia and how to respond to the challenges of the current era of disruption.

"Today is a special day because the book can present sources who can give us an understanding and an overview of the future development of higher education in Indonesia," said Dr. Anter Venus, MA, Comm Chancellor of UPNVJ in his remarks on Thursday (12/01/23).

"This year is an increasingly challenging year so we all have to know other learning resources not only from ordinary lecture classes, the goal is that you are also ready to accept all challenges and compete, especially in the era of disruption," he added.

In front of student representatives, lecturers and also the head of the study program, Tatang explained one by one the strategic issues regarding creating quality tertiary graduates, how to make improvements and competitiveness, determine targets and indicators regarding the direction of policies and strategies for tertiary development.

"Indonesia's current position is facing a Global Megatrend in which there are technological revolutions such as digitalization and robotics, besides that there is also a revolution in skills and changes in culture, demography and climate, where new perspectives change production models, ways of working, new opportunities, tougher competition and more access. wide” explained Tatang.

The discussion went in two directions so that the audience could also ask questions directly to the speakers, with the aim of having a common perception of the explanations presented.