ITS Rector Prof Dr Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng during the inauguration and remarks at the launch of the 2021 Indonesian Student Micro-Credential Program

ITS Campus, ITS News –The efforts of Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) in supporting the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program have been proven satisfactory again. The opening and launching of the Indonesian Student Micro-Credential Program (KMMI) 2021 this time was held online, Thursday (5/8).

The ceremony was attended directly by ITS Rector Prof Dr Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng, ITS leadership ranks, and ITS lecturers who served in this KMMI program. Also accompanying the ceremony were KMMI Coordinator of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Research and Technology Yon Sugiarto SSi MSc, representative of Microsoft Education Executive Education partner Obert Hoseanto and other industry practitioners.

In his remarks, ITS Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs who is also the Head of KMMI, Prof Dr Ir Adi Soeprijanto MT, said that KMMI at ITS was formed after going through several stages. Through a complex selection process, it was then successfully trusted as one of the organizers of the activity. “We have tried to continue to be active in the MBKM program to make KMMI and ITS into a unified and integrated whole,” he explained.

Adi said briefly that KMMI aims to motivate students and offer dynamic and competitive learning alternatives. This is to achieve the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed in various scientific fields, especially in the industrial or entrepreneurial world.

ITS Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs who is also the Head of KMMI, Prof Dr Ir Adi Soeprijanto MT, when delivering the 2021 ITS KMMI accountability report

According to this ITS Electrical Engineering professor, the KMMI will be a place to expand the potential of students with limited special skills in each course. The output of this KMMI will be in the form of micro expertise as evidenced by an official certificate. It can be registered as a Certificate of Companion Diploma (SKPI) for student campuses or other skill-equalizing institutions.

On the same occasion, the ITS Rector, who is familiarly called Ashari, opened the event with his expression of appreciation and gratitude to the students who had chosen ITS as a place to study KMMI. He also congratulated them on succeeding the selection stage following the curriculum provisions at ITS and related industry partners.

“These selected students are excellent people who will raise the image of Indonesian Human Resources (HR) in the future,” he said. In this KMMI, lecturers and industrial partners will move together to assist in coaching, learning, and teaching noble character that has been adapted to the development of industrial technology 4.0.

Later, KMMI participants will carry out lectures on a project and base learning basis, which combines theory and practice gained on campus and in the industrial world. The values ​​of this course will continue to be developed by ITS practitioners and industry partners to keep them in line with on-campus education and work.

(above from left) Prof Dr Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng and Yon Sugiarto SSi MSc, (bottom from left) Prof Dr Ir Adi Soeprijanto MT and Obert Hoseanto at the launch of the ITS KMMI 2021 program

Ashari revealed ITS is very ready to produce KMMI students with innovative research and technology experience at ITS, primarily assisted by great people from industrial partners. “Following ITS’s target to become an entrepreneur university, students do not need to worry about our ability in technology and entrepreneurs,” said the ITS Electrical Engineering professor proudly.

At the end of the presentation, Ashari hopes that everyone involved in this program can carry out professionally and plan as well as possible. “With this momentum, I hope that ITS will become an example of a successful KMMI implementation and deserves to be offered at the international level,” he said optimistically.

In contrast to other Merdeka Campus implementation programs, KMMI is a complementary education program from the complete learning carried out. Categorized as a complement, KMMI can be held online and carried out relatively quickly, which is 8 weeks.

ITS itself is one of 85 campuses that have successfully passed the selection of online lecture programs for cross-campus students throughout Indonesia. Through this program, ITS managed to organize 21 short courses involving four faculties and 14 departments with a temporary total of 1,112 student admissions spread across 156 universities and more than 30 thousand students interested. (HUMAS ITS)

Reporter: Fauzan Fakhrizal Azmi