HumasUPNVJ - Last night, UPN "Veteran" Jakarta (UPNVJ) received happy and proud news from a Diploma III student named Mahessea Wira Madha (09/05). The reason is, Mahessea managed to bring home the title of 5th Best Outstanding Student at the LLDIKTI Region III Level. This title was awarded at the 2023 DKI Jakarta LLDIKTI III Regional Level Achievement Student Selection Award (Pilmapres) held at Prasetya Mulya University, Cilandak, South Jakarta.

Pilmapres organized by the National Achievement Center of the Ministry of Education and Culture basically has three main objectives namely; 1) increasing student creativity through intracurricular, co-curricular and extracurricular activities, 2) giving awards to outstanding students throughout Indonesia, and 3) increasing the number of creative ideas and/or innovative products from students.

The 2023 Pilmapres is considered a special and historic Pilmapres because it was the first Pilmapres event held by 16 LLDIKTI Wiyalah III and other regions. There are a total of 10 winners of the Pilmapres at the LLDIKTI III Regional Level, five each from the Undergraduate Program and Diploma Program. This stage is the initial selection stage before finally those who successfully graduate in the LLDIKTI III Region are selected again leaving 15 students from all over Indonesia to advance to the National level.

Mahessea and other participants were able to reach this point after going through various stages of selection both at the university level and at the regional level. Of course, there are many assessment indicators, such as superior achievements, student creativity, English language skills, creative ideas and/or innovative products offered by students, to the way students present them, etc.

Head of Region III Higher Education Service Institution (LLDIKTI), DKI Jakarta, Dr. Ir. Paristiyanti Nurwardani, MP, who had the opportunity to give the opening remarks at the award ceremony, expressed her hope to the ten students that after successfully winning this national level competition, of course, they could also succeed in achieving achievements at the world level, especially for those who have never tried it.