Minister of Education and Dikdasmen asks teachers to monitor students so that they do not go with the demonstration

Jakarta – Minister of Primary and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu’ti opened his voice related to students who participated in the demonstration before the Indonesian Parliament building. Mu’ti asked students not to be provoked by wild news on social media. “The first thing we appeal to students in Indonesia, which cannot be provoked by news,” Mu’ti told reporters in the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, on Wednesday (8/27/2025). In addition, Mu’ti called on teachers to give strict supervision to students. Teachers at school, he said, should be able to ensure that students do not participate in activities that are not related to learning. Browse to continue the content “Then we appeal to the teachers, the principals to pay attention and oversee their students that they are not involved in activities that are not in line with what their duties as students are,” Mu’ti said. “We will continue to investigate the different things and will try to let the teachers, the principals, pay attention to their students to focus more on learning activities,” he added. 196 students were secured after the demo chief of Metro Jaya Police, on August 25, Combes Ade Ary Syam Indradi, explained that there were a total of 351 people secured, 155 people with adults and 196 minors or students. They are secured for the alleged damaged public facilities, motorists on the toll road, to attack officers. “They are massively suspected of the destruction of Fasum (public facilities), and then thrown drivers on the toll road, leading to the danger of road users and then attacking officers,” Ade Ary said. Ade Ary said the students participated in the demonstration because they were affected by information on social media. Police also reminded that different parties in social media not to ask for a demonstration invitation to the student group. ‘After deepening in the field yesterday by our colleagues, they came because of the invitation of social media. (Eva/FAS)