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Keynote speech from Secretary General Ministry of Education This speech was given during SEAMEO RECFON World Food Day seminar, October 16, 2018.
Indonesia has been adopting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as its development target since 2000 and has also committed to pursuing the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a continuation of the MDGs. The SDGs aim to go a lot further in ending all forms of poverty by addressing the root causes of poverty and the universal need for the population’s development. Furthermore, the first two SDG goals, i.e., to end poverty and to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, are in accordance with Nawa Cita, which is a development agenda carried out by Mr. Joko Widodo, the current President of Indonesia.
It can clearly be seen that poverty and hunger have made children one of the most vulnerable population groups to suffer from both problems. Numerous researchers have found that nutrition inadequacy in children can significantly affect their growth and development. Furthermore, impaired development in school age children can also affect their learning ability and school performance. Accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for making sure that school age children get the best support they can in relation to nutrition, which will in turn help them achieve their full potential in education.
In 2010, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia initiated a food supplementation program in schools, particularly schools that were located in rural areas. This program, known as PMT-AS (Pemberian Makanan Tambahan Anak Sekolah-Supplementary feeding for School Children), was introduced with the aim of improving the nutritional intake of students in kindergarten and elementary schools. The food which these children received was designed to fulfill the daily 10–20 percent of calories and protein needed by school children, the food was also guaranteed to be safe for consumption and would be in accordance with local tastes. Consequently, this program also aimed to improve the local economy by utilizing local products for food. An evaluation of this program highlights that anemia prevalence amongst children in schools that have adopted PMT-AS based upon local food sources was significantly lower than children whose schools have not implemented the PMT-AS program. However, improvement is still needed regarding the types of snacks that are given to children, especially those that are considered to be too high in carbohydrates, but also low in fiber and micronutrients.
■ World Food Day “Innovations to Accelerate Zero Hunger”
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In relation to the findings mentioned above, the program was significantly improved in 2016 and was consequently relabeled the Program Gizi Anak Sekolah (School-Based Nutritional Program), or more commonly known as PROGAS, which involves a collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Culture with the Ministry of Health. ProGAS has three aims: (1) increase students’ nutritional intake through the provision of school meals; (2) improve students’ knowledge of nutrition; (3) improve the health-hygiene practices of students, while also increasing students' preferences for local food and (4) increase community participation in utilizing and providing local food. During its initial stage in 2017, the program started providing breakfast for school children at least three school-days per week: that being a total of one hundred and twenty school-days per year. The breakfasts provided were prepared by teachers and parents, with help from local farmers and vendors in the community.
In 2018 this program was further improved when nutritional education for teachers was included, who were expected to be able to deliver a balanced nutritional education to their students. In collaboration with SEAMEO RECFON, we conducted an array of studies to determine what nutrient(s) are inadequate in a student’s diet, with this information we would then be able to develop food-based recommendations using locally available foods that could help meet these nutrient deficiencies.
Indonesia, as well as some other Southeast Asian countries, is prone to natural disasters. Therefore, we should also be building a resilience against the negative consequences of these natural disasters when it comes to school children’s school performance, as well as the growth development of young children. Hence, HIMPAUDI, in collaboration with SEAMEO RECFON, initiated the concept of utilizing Early Child Education Centers (PAUD), including PAUD teachers, to extend the message to parents to optimize the nutritional and psychosocial care of their children, so as to prevent the deterioration of growth and development of young children during post disaster periods. This requires the participation of all sectors of the community, including the integration into other existing resources at both central and local government levels.
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Keynote speech from Secretary General Ministry of Education This speech was given during SEAMEO RECFON World Food Day seminar, October 16, 2018.
Indonesia has been adopting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as its development target since 2000 and has also committed to pursuing the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a continuation of the MDGs. The SDGs aim to go a lot further in ending all forms of poverty by addressing the root causes of poverty and the universal need for the population’s development. Furthermore, the first two SDG goals, i.e., to end poverty and to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, are in accordance with Nawa Cita, which is a development agenda carried out by Mr. Joko Widodo, the current President of Indonesia.
It can clearly be seen that poverty and hunger have made children one of the most vulnerable population groups to suffer from both problems. Numerous researchers have found that nutrition inadequacy in children can significantly affect their growth and development. Furthermore, impaired development in school age children can also affect their learning ability and school performance. Accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for making sure that school age children get the best support they can in relation to nutrition, which will in turn help them achieve their full potential in education.
In 2010, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia initiated a food supplementation program in schools, particularly schools that were located in rural areas. This program, known as PMT-AS (Pemberian Makanan Tambahan Anak Sekolah-Supplementary feeding for School Children), was introduced with the aim of improving the nutritional intake of students in kindergarten and elementary schools. The food which these children received was designed to fulfill the daily 10–20 percent of calories and protein needed by school children, the food was also guaranteed to be safe for consumption and would be in accordance with local tastes. Consequently, this program also aimed to improve the local economy by utilizing local products for food. An evaluation of this program highlights that anemia prevalence amongst children in schools that have adopted PMT-AS based upon local food sources was significantly lower than children whose schools have not implemented the PMT-AS program. However, improvement is still needed regarding the types of snacks that are given to children, especially those that are considered to be too high in carbohydrates, but also low in fiber and micronutrients.
■ World Food Day “Innovations to Accelerate Zero Hunger”
iv
In relation to the findings mentioned above, the program was significantly improved in 2016 and was consequently relabeled the Program Gizi Anak Sekolah (School-Based Nutritional Program), or more commonly known as PROGAS, which involves a collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Culture with the Ministry of Health. ProGAS has three aims: (1) increase students’ nutritional intake through the provision of school meals; (2) improve students’ knowledge of nutrition; (3) improve the health-hygiene practices of students, while also increasing students' preferences for local food and (4) increase community participation in utilizing and providing local food. During its initial stage in 2017, the program started providing breakfast for school children at least three school-days per week: that being a total of one hundred and twenty school-days per year. The breakfasts provided were prepared by teachers and parents, with help from local farmers and vendors in the community.
In 2018 this program was further improved when nutritional education for teachers was included, who were expected to be able to deliver a balanced nutritional education to their students. In collaboration with SEAMEO RECFON, we conducted an array of studies to determine what nutrient(s) are inadequate in a student’s diet, with this information we would then be able to develop food-based recommendations using locally available foods that could help meet these nutrient deficiencies.
Indonesia, as well as some other Southeast Asian countries, is prone to natural disasters. Therefore, we should also be building a resilience against the negative consequences of these natural disasters when it comes to school children’s school performance, as well as the growth development of young children. Hence, HIMPAUDI, in collaboration with SEAMEO RECFON, initiated the concept of utilizing Early Child Education Centers (PAUD), including PAUD teachers, to extend the message to parents to optimize the nutritional and psychosocial care of their children, so as to prevent the deterioration of growth and development of young children during post disaster periods. This requires the participation of all sectors of the community, including the integration into other existing resources at both central and local government levels
