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Ubaya Lecturer Enrichment Session
- December 17, 2009
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BSNs Ubaya Lecturer Enrichment Session
- Ubaya consistently shows its commitment to continue standardization of education collaboration with National Standardization Agency (BSN). Saturday, 13 December 2009, before a month after the MoU signing on 18 November 2009, Ubaya invited BSN to enrich Ubaya lecturers. Without a doubt, Ubaya really pays attention to the importance of standardization. In his welcoming speech, Mr. A. Adji Prayitno S. (Ubaya Vice Rector, Administration and University Development) said,” Standardization is one indicator to examine whether a particular country is growing or not. Public awareness to standardization indicates country’s commitment to standardization. China and South Korea, for example, they become economic giant because they concern to standardization as well as standardization of education. In this globalization era, I even value standard as “the second” important medium after money.” Awareness to standardization is in line with Ubaya vision “to be a World Class University”, which obligates Ubaya to produce graduates who are aware to standardization and able to compete in international market.
Hence, enrichment session about standardization is needed. As first step, Ubaya organized a session to enrich Ubaya lecturers.
2 speakers from BSN, namely Ir. AK Jailani and Drs. A. Rachman Mustar; and 1 speaker from IPB namely Ir. Wini Trilaksani, M.Sc delivered their thought in front of 80 participants whom were Ubaya lecturers and structural leaders. All of the speakers are member of Standardization Education Curriculum reviewer team. In his session titled “Introduction, Development, and Implementation of Standard”, Ir. AK Jailani who is also Head of Standardization Training and Education Program underlined that standardization (from historical perspective) is not something novel. People recognized standards since civilization era of Egyptian and China. “In Pharaoh era, laborers used Pharaoh arm length as standard in constructing pyramid. It is unfortunate that many of us do not aware that standard is part of our life. Without standard, our life will be harder,” said this 1990 UNAS’ Physics graduate who was born in Tembilahan (Riau). In his session, he also told audience about the history, struggle and journey of BSN and SNI, began from Standardization Council under the presidency of Habibie to era of Heirudi who persuade AK Jailani to join the Standardization Education Curriculum reviewer team.
In her session about curriculum Wini Trilaksani, IPB lecturer who took her master in University of Hawaii said,” Since 2006, Faculty of Fishery and Marine Science IPB has started to give course about standardization. To attract student interest, we directly visit industry to see how SNI is implemented in industry. In our library data, on October 2009, IPB is top 10 university related to standard utilization demand. The content of that standardization course is minimum and not something definite, so that lecturers are allowed to do improvisation based on the need.
Furthermore, Rachman Mustar in his session about Conformity Assessment and Metrology highlighted that standardization; conformity assessment and metrology are 3 interconnected elements. “All of them are infrastructures of quality, if we concern to standard we must concern to these 3 elements. Formulation of standard will be useless if it can’t be implemented. Implementation of standard requires conformity assessment to assure the conformity. Indeed, standard and conformity assessment need metrology as indicator to assure that the assessment can be accessed by SI system. National Accreditation Committee (KAN) is an independent institution (30% government and 70% non-government) in which its system and accreditation scheme have been recognized in Asia Pacific region (through APLAC) and globally (through ILAC). This means that product that is calibrated by labs with KAN accreditation will not be retested when it enters member countries,” described Rahman. According to Rachman who is also young researcher, in term of metrology, Indonesia has good mass reference standard because Dutch K-46 is higher than Germany K-52. Yet, Indonesian government does not really exploit that strength.
Ubaya lecturers who joined the session enthusiastically participate on discussion session. Bona from Ubaya Polytechnic, for example, commented that curriculum of standardization education does not in line with latest curriculum development called Competency based Curriculum (KBK). To respond Bona, Wini said that even though the curriculum still uses old system (Instructional Analysis, TIU, TIK and SAP), it quite helpful and this input will be the homework for BSN to pay more attention to the development of Indonesia’s education system. In addition, Siti Zuraida from Faculty of Law asked about the benefit of delivering standardization course in her faculty. AK Jailani responded,” Last time, UNDIP Literature and Culture Department has the same question. This is the challenge for BSN, in legal area, standard and standardization play important role, especially in international law. Working contract is drafted uses certain standard (e.g. Construction). In 1990s, there was SNI case brought to court. Even Habibie should come to court to debate that case. Nowadays, we can take Prita case as an example. This case happens because Medical Lab/Clinic does not have standard; in fact, SNI ISO 15189:2009 (ISO 15189:2007 adoption) has been issued. Forensic lab should also implement standard because it has to examine evidence of criminal law. Please take a glimpse of Buyat Bay case.”
Although only 1 day, the session is expected to motivate lecturers in further understanding standard and standardization. For BSN, this will be opportunity and challenge to make Indonesia aware to standard and standardization.
Source: http://www.bsn.or.id
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