Bandung, 7 February 2026 — The Deputy Director for Administration, Suhendri, Ph.D., and the Head of the Knowledge Management Division, Irfan Ansori, M.Pd., served as speakers at the 7th BKTKI–DMI National Webinar, organised in collaboration with the SEAMEO Centre for Early Childhood Care Education and Parenting (SEAMEO CECCEP). The webinar adopted the theme “Safe, Educative, and Sustainable Early Childhood Education (PAUD)” to strengthen stakeholders’ understanding of the importance of policies, learning practices, and arrangements for the learning environment that support quality, child-friendly, and sustainability-oriented PAUD services.
Suhendri, Ph.D., presented the government’s policy on the 13-year compulsory education program. He emphasised that the policy mandating one year of compulsory PAUD serves as a crucial foundation in ensuring children’s readiness to enter primary education, while also improving equity and the quality of PAUD services. He further highlighted the strategic direction for policy implementation: strengthening access to and governance of PAUD, integrating PAUD and primary education (PAUD–SD), ensuring continuity of educators for children aged 0–8 years, and fostering cross-sectoral collaboration to realise high-quality, sustainable PAUD services.
In the first session, Mr. Irfan Ansori, M.Pd., elaborated on the importance of arranging PAUD facilities and infrastructure that are oriented toward children’s developmental needs. This includes providing age-appropriate, flexible play spaces and learning materials that encourage exploration, as well as ensuring safety by applying safety standards, clear spatial zoning, and environmental cleanliness. He also stressed the need for a sustainable approach, using environmentally friendly materials, efficient use of energy and resources, and the involvement of teachers, children, and parents in caring for and maintaining facilities and infrastructure.
In the second session, Tutiyanah, S.Pd., M.Si., emphasised strengthening meaningful, liberating, and contextual learning in PAUD by highlighting learning experiences relevant to children’s lives and respecting the uniqueness of each learner. Meanwhile, in the third session, Dra. Hj. Asmida, M.Pd., underscored the importance of accountable governance and partnerships, achieved through collaboration among PAUD institutions, parents, communities, and local stakeholders, to improve the overall quality of PAUD services. The webinar continued with an interactive discussion session, featuring questions delivered both online and offline.
Overall, the webinar reaffirmed that improving the quality of PAUD services requires synergy among strong policies, child-centred learning practices, the provision of facilities and infrastructure that meet safety and sustainability standards, and active collaboration among educators, parents, communities, and stakeholders, in order to realise inclusive, high-quality, and sustainable PAUD services.
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