BARABAI, metro7.co.id – The Central Hulu Sungai District Government (Pemkab) through the Department of Education held a Socialization on the Transition from Early Childhood Education (PAUD) to Elementary School (SD).
The event was officially opened by the Regent of HST, H. Aulia Oktafiandi, accompanied by the Head of PAUD HST, Cheri Bayuni Budjang Aulia Oktafiandi, at the Education Department Hall, on Tuesday (13/6).
In his speech, Regent HST, H. Aulia Oktafiandi, said that the Ministry of Education and Culture has launched the 24th ‘Enjoyable Transition from PAUD to SD Free Learning Movement’.
“This movement is a serious response from the government to address the increasing number of parents who enroll their children in first grade without attending PAUD or the situation where during the PAUD period, children are focused on acquiring basic literacy and numeracy skills (calistung),” he explained.
“This condition causes children to no longer enjoy the learning process or lack basic skills when they enter elementary school,” he added.
Furthermore, Aulia revealed that there is still often a misunderstanding about calistung in early childhood education and early grades of elementary school, even though building children’s abilities needs to be done gradually and in an enjoyable way in order to achieve the benefits of learning.
“The discontinuity between learning in PAUD and early grades of elementary school must be eliminated so that children can learn optimally and to prevent mistakes and inappropriate actions in stimulating the development of early childhood,” he hoped.
Meanwhile, the PAUD HST Head, Cheri Bayunu Budjang Aulia Oktafiandi, hopes that by strengthening the capacity of PAUD educators in the PAUD-SD transition, PAUD HST can enhance their competencies in shaping the character of early childhood.
“Hopefully, all participants who participate in this activity can follow it well and can be applied in their respective regions and can understand and comprehend the 24th Free Learning Program of enjoyable PAUD-SD transition,” she said.
“This is not only the responsibility of the Regional Government or the responsibility of the Education Department, but it is also our collective responsibility in restoring and providing valuable learning experiences for our children in HST,” she explained.
On the same occasion, the Head of the Education Department, Muhammad Anhar, reported that the objective of the socialization of the enjoyable PAUD-SD transition at the elementary school level is to eliminate calistung tests in the new student admissions period.
“Implementing the School Environmental Introduction Period (MPLS) and hoping that PAUD and elementary schools can implement an enjoyable learning system to build strong abilities or foundations for our students at the elementary school level,” he stated.
The activity is carried out from June 13, 2023, to June 15, 2023, at the Education Department Hall of HST District, with speakers from PAUD and elementary school supervisors, as well as the PAUD HST Head.
“This activity is one of the adaptations of the HST District Government, especially the Education Department, in implementing the episodes of free learning that have been initiated by the Ministry of Education and Culture,” he concluded.
