Universitas Islam Indonesia

To nurture Indonesia future agent of change who have strong character, Faculty of Industrial Technology (FTI), Islamic University of Indonesia held national seminar and public lecture upholding a theme “Building Nation Character through Citizenship Education” on Thursday (02/02). This national seminar presented The Commander of Army Strategic Reverse Command, Lieutenant General A.Y. Nasution as the keynote speaker. Also the speaker in this seminar was UII Vice Rector I, Nandang Sutrisno, SH LLM MHum PhD. Located at KHA Kahar Mudzakkir Auditorium, UII main campus, this seminar was officially opened by UII Rector, Prof Dr Edy Suandi Hamid, MEc. Also attended in this national seminar were headmasters and students of senior high school as well as vocational high school, lecturer, teacher, university students, UII leaders, and others.

UII Rector, Prof Dr Edy Suandi Hamid, MEc in his opening speech mentioned this seminar was the real embodiment of UII contribution in educating the society about citizenship education. By conducting this event, Islamic University of Indonesia as a higher education institution has actively taken part in nurturing the agents of change who are able to design, promote, and initiate the changes for the better.

“This seminar was held as the response of today phenomenon that happens in our daily life. Due to social damage, moral character in our society today is eroding” said FTI Dean while delivering his welcoming speech. Ir. Gumbolo Hadi Susanto, M.Sc, (Dean of Faculty of Industrial Technology) expected this seminar can bring good impact in building Indonesian character.

In conjunction with national seminar and public lecture, FTI UII also will hold marching pace contest on February, 26. This contest will be held at UII main campus. The winner will get PANGKOSTRAD cup.

Character of Nations Based on Individual Character

The strong character of a nation should be initiated from family, educational institution, and society. “The strong individual character is the main foundation in determining national defense.” As told by The Commander of Army Strategic Reverse Command, Lieutenant General A.Y Nasution.

According to him, Home is an appropriate place to improve someone’s character/personality. Then, it is necessary to build personal character through education and learning process as well as social interaction. “Children’s character development certainly can be developed effectively through an interplay of family since children spend the majority of their time with family unless they are in school” A.Y Nasution emphasized.

In building nation character, sacrifice, discipline, and responsibility are really needed. A mother has the most important role in bringing up a child and moulding the character. “Hence, character education is the shared responsibility of the individual, home, government, school, community, and many others.” A.Y Nasution stated.

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