SLEMAN - Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Yogyakarta (UPNVY) held an open senate session on the 61st Anniversary at the WR Supratman Auditorium UPNV Yogyakarta, Jalan Pajajaran, Condongcatur, Depok, Sleman, Monday (12/16/2019).

The Minister of Education and Culture, Naidem Anwar Makarim, said there are two main things to realize the achievement of superior human resources (HR) in Indonesia. They are free learning and educational staff (lecturers) mobilizer. Therefore, the universities are expected to give independence to students and lecturers to be more creative and innovative.

For this reason, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Yogyakarta (UPNVY as a university that has a strategic role in the program of developing superior human resources in Indonesia must also free its learning process, free its institutions from various regulations and bureaucratization.

"Thus, the graduates and their research products have a significant impact on the prosperity of the Indonesian people", said Nadiem Anwar Makarim in his written remark.

Nadiem asserted that to get graduates who have high quality and character, attitudes and noble character, work and life skills, as well as those who master science and technology, education at UPN Veteran Yogyakarta must also run parallelly with global dynamics, even if it may be faster, so that UPN Veteran Yogyakarta can continue to improve its reputation.

"UPN Veteran Yogyakarta has succeeded in producing a number of graduates as educated human resources so far, then the next challenge is how UPN Veteran Yogyakarta can play a role as a competitive producer of innovation and technology”, he explained.

According to Nadiem, Indonesia, of course, would be very proud if there are innovations generated from UPN Veterans Yogyakarta, so that later they will recognize the UPNVY model, UPNVY engine and UPNY vaccine.

"In the next five years, there will be a lot of updates and changes that occur in the world of education in Indonesia. Let us join hands to realize these reforms so that the ideals of education in the country can be achieved", he explained.

The Potencial Defence General Director of the Defense Minisryt, Bondan Tiara Sofyan, said that in the era of disruption, superior human resources must master technology, have creative and innovative character and still have national identity. For this reason, UPNVY as the front guard in defending the country and the holder of the values ??of spirit 45 is demanded to change the order and mindset to maintain the sovereignty and integrity of the Nation's territory.

"We must internalize and actualize the values ??of the nation's struggle and resilience in accordance with the current terrain", he explained.

The UPNVY Chancellor, Muhammad Irhas Efendi, in his report said that to produce superior human resources, UPNVY has continued to improve its performance. For this reason, various programs and steps have continued to be carried out, including strengthening the implementation of the KKNI-based curriculum and the value of State Defense, improving the quality of governance and the achievements of the students and student organizations.

It strengthens the downstreaming of research results and products, improves the quality of community service-based research and HR of UPNVY.

"In addition, it also strengthens the implementation of the bureaucratic reforms, developes human resources, financial and asset management, develops facilities and infrastructure that support the improvement of the public services quality, and integrated information systems”, he explained.