Kemendikbud Straightens Esports Issues in the School Curriculum
Not long ago, it was widely discussed that Esports would be included as part of the curriculum in schools. This topic reaps the pros and cons of both Esports, the Ministry, and educators. Many do not agree if Esports is included as one of the subjects in school.
After several days of becoming a very wild issue on social media, yesterday the Ministry of Education, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) gave an official response regarding this issue. How do they respond? It’s best if you read this article to the end.
Optional
Esports has now become a promising field to be pursued. Because of this, there is a proposal that esports be included in the curriculum in schools. Although this invites many cons in the educational environment. There are some who also think this is quite positive.
Responding to emerging issues, the Ministry of Education and Culture through Anindito Aditomo who is the Head of the Educational Standards, Curriculum and Assessment Agency, said that the existence of Esports material in the curriculum is only optional.
Esports is not included in the national curriculum. Schools may include such content if deemed relevant to their needs and context
Said Anindito quoted from Dailyspin
What is meant in the statement above is that the Ministry submits a decision regarding the inclusion of Esports material into the curriculum to the school. If it is good and positive enough for students, then schools may include Esports as a curriculum.
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Not Planning to Include Esports in the National Curriculum
As the agency that administers the education curriculum, the Ministry of Education and Culture only develops the basic framework and structure of the national curriculum. Meanwhile, for the implementation and development of the curriculum, it is the school that has the authority to run it.
Actually what is set by the Ministry of Education and Culture is not the school curriculum, but the basic framework and structure of the curriculum. It is the school that has the authority to develop an operational curriculum that becomes a guide for teachers to carry out learning in the classroom
Anindito continued
Finally, Anindito also explained that they did not plan to include Esports as a national curriculum. The reason is, this will certainly bring up a very big cons from the actors in the education sector.
Therefore, the Ministry of Education and Technology does not plan to include e-sports as a mandatory material at the national level
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