Four months into his presidency, Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto is facing his first nationwide student protests, whose demands include a thorough evaluation of his costly programmes, cabinet choices and austerity-driven budget cuts. The protests, dubbed Indonesia Gelap, or Dark Indonesia, took place on Monday and Tuesday in several cities across the country, such as Jakarta, Bandung, … Read more
Four months into his presidency, Prabowo Subianto replaced Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro on Wednesday, in the former Army general’s first cabinet reshuffle. Prabowo replaced Satryo with Brian Yuliarto, an academic who is serving as a deputy rector at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in West Java. The new… Source … Read more
Jakarta. The official residence of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Minister Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro has been vacated, an official confirmed on Wednesday, fueling speculation that he may be the first cabinet member to be replaced in President Prabowo Subianto’s administration. “I have no further information, but the official residence of the higher education minister has … Read more
ith three primary responsibilities, teaching, conducting research and contributing to the community, lecturers in the country, even those with civil servant status, face the challenge of surviving on low take-home pay. Since joining Singaperbangsa University in Karawang, West Java, as a civil servant lecturer in 2021, Bayu Budiandrian has been balancing his professional responsibilities while … Read more
senior official at the Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry confirmed that the recent protest against minister Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro regarding the allegedly abrupt dismissal of a civil servant in the institution had been resolved and that all related parties have met and mutually “forgiven each other”. Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry secretary-general Togar M … Read more