Pengantar MPKT UI -- Prof. DR. Ir. Raldi Artono

Hello. Peace be upon you.

Thank God we meet on this bright day.

I am here to introduce you

to a very special course that is only available at UI.

Why special? Later we'll...

talk a little about its origins.

But if you look

at the current era,

MPKT, or Integrated Personality Development Course,

is important.

Many incidents in Indonesia, which we can see

on TV every day,

occur due to deviations from bad personalities.

This is what I think we need to develop at UI

to instil the values ​​at UI.

So actually this course is

a personality development program in higher education

which is outlined in a course.

If I may say,

the origins of MPKT are Liberal Arts like in the US.

But, we adopt UI characteristics into it.

In other words, it's been made to fit us in Indonesia.

That's the origin of this course.

At UI, in particular,

the first part of MPKT is to instill UI values.

[clears throat] What are UI's values?

The first one is honesty.

Of the nine values, the first is honesty.

You can be talented, you can be smart,

you can be skilled, you can be...

tech savvy and so on.

But if you're not honest, your value will be zero.

So the first basic value of UI is honesty.

The second UI value…

Justice.

We can have a long discussion about this later in some other time.

The third is trustworthiness.

So, you have to be…

a trustworthy person.

The fourth value is Dignity.

Number five is responsibility.

To make it simple,

when I was studying in secondary school,

I used mnemonic to memorize the colors of rainbow

Do you remember ROYGBIV? Red, orange, and so on.

I made the mnemonic of the first five UI values.

HONFRUSTED. What's that?

Honest, Fair, Trusted.

Hon.. F.. Rusted.

Fourth value: Dignity.

I remember it as "digging", so I immediately remembered "dignity".

The fifth value is responsibility, shortened to "sponge".

So, Honefrusted digging sponge. Funny, huh?

Why are the first five UI values ​​important?

Because these five values ​​refer to our personal values.

The sixth to ninth UI values ​​are

togetherness,

openness, academic freedom and scientific autonomy,

and compliance with rules.

So, UI values ​​six to nine are more institutional in nature.

The first five values ​​are honesty,

justice, trustworthiness,

dignity and responsibility.

UI Basic Values ​​six to nine are more institutional.

Namely, togetherness, openness, academic freedom,

and compliance with rules.

The nine UI Values ​​must be adopted by everyone

in Universitas Indonesia.

Especially, first-semester

or first-year students.

They need to know about UI Values.

Once again I emphasize. The first value is honesty.

Next, what will we get

in MPKT course?

MPKT is a course

in which way of learning is somewhat different from other courses.

The main method is Student-Centered Learning.

What does it mean?

This means that students

should be active.

So, if a teacher teaches

by giving lectures all the time,

it means the teacher is the active one.

While It should be the students who're supposed to be active.

After students take the MPKT course,

After this course, students are expected to stay active.

Therefore, it is of essence

that you learn actively.

The first method is Collaborative Learning.

This means that students collaborate

to learn a topic.

The second method, Problem-based Learning.

What's that? You will be given an issue.

In groups, students discuss

in a way to find solutions to the issues obtained.

So it's not the conventional way, the teacher writes on the board,

then the students listen, take notes, and so on. Not like that.

You are given a problem,

discuss it in a group,

find a way to solve the problem.

Then, Group Discussion.

In this MPKT course,

you are emphasized on discussing.

So, it will always be divided into groups and you discuss

with your friends.

Then remember this.

Often in the group, there are free riders.

Free riders are parasites.

They're not as involved as others in group work, but expected to get scores.

They thought everyone gets the same score since it's a group activity.

They're wrong.

Everyone must participate equally.

Those who are usually passive should learn how to be participative.

The active ones push the passive peers to get involved.

Then they work together to be proactive.

By everyone participating, you'll get more ideas and insights.

That's the system at MPKT.

You learn how to collaborate and be active.

Not so many courses have such a system

at both universities and secondary schools in Indonesia.

This MPKT course equals to,

if I'm not mistaken, around five or six credits.

Almost every meeting takes the form of a discussion.

We continue talking about MPKT.

It is hoped that ideas will emerge from MPKT.

Creative ideas, especially from young people,

students aged 18 to 22 years.

Now I want to give an example.

So if I may say,

you definitely know that at university there are three principles.

Education, research and community service.

I put myself now in community service. Why?

Because at universities it is rare for anyone to become a community servant.

In education, everyone teaches.

As for research, because now you get a credit score,

many people want to do research.

Few are willing to place themselves as community servants.

Therefore, I put myself there.

20 years ago,

I first said, "I am a community servant."

"I'm no longer a researcher," I said so.

Even though I am still doing research

from time to time.

When I said that,

I didn't know yet in what way I wanted to serve.

But because I said it,

the idea came up. A good idea of ​​course.

I used to research about baby incubators.

Then I developed it.

Now I have improved it

to an activity of lending baby incubators for free.

These incubators are available from Banda Aceh to Jayapura.

This means if we have good ideals, goals or vision,

Vision is our goal, in 15 years what do we want to be,

We are serious about pursuing our vision.

This incubator lending is available in 156 cities per January 2025.

A lot, right? But that's still half of the target.

The target is 300 cities.

You can see our activities at www.inkubator-gratis.org.

Primarily, this activity is supported

by volunteer agents in each city or district.

Who are the volunteer agencies that support this activity?

Usually,

when you have finished being a student, finished your Bachelor's or Master's Degree,

or maybe a Doctoral Degree,

you then look for work.

When we are hired, of course, we ask for a salary.

After five years of work, we ask for a salary increase.

After ten years of work, we ask for more facilities.

After 15 years of work ask for insurance.

What does it mean? Take a look at the keywords that keeps coming up here.

Ask for a salary then ask for a salary increase,

ask for facilities, ask for insurance.

All about asking, right?

So if we have this mindset, it means we continue to demand.

Our volunteer agents are people who don't demand any more.

That doesn't mean it doesn't work, but they are neutral in the middle.

Let's say they're zeroed.

Then, they got better than zero. What does it mean?

If the characteristic that I called bad earlier was demanding,

the volunteer agents in 156 cities are no longer the group that demands.

They've changed

and become someone who is happy to help.

Then, they're happy to give donations, alms, endowments, and so on.

Then, they want to serve the poor.

Not just poor people, but also marginalized people.

Who is classified as marginalized?

For example: disabled people, sick people,

children, babies,

in some cases, women are also included. The point is people who need help.

They are assisted by volunteer agents

and volunteer agents are also donors,

so they can help premature babies spread across 156 cities.

Initially my research activities

created an incubator product,

now it has been developed into

a product to help the community, even to empower the community.

That's what's special if we have a goal.

If we have good goals, God will definitely help.

But remember, God's help takes various forms.

If I say, often His help is in the form of a steep path,

or a climbing path, or a slippery path.

This means that God gives many trials or tests.

If we successfully handle

the trial or test, then we will move up a level

to achieve our goals.

If you see,

I started lending free baby incubators in 2012.

In the first year of course the coverage was only Depok.

The furthest coverage was Pasar Minggu.

In the second year, the number started to multiply.

You can see the peak was in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The peak was 971 then fell again.

Now, approximately 1000 babies are helped a year.

Can you imagine, as of December 2023 there were 6,500 babies helped.

This is possible because we want to help others.

So, the true meaning of life is helping others.

See the effects of our free incubator program.

The babies are helped and cared for at home, and the mother is happy.

Then, because it's free, their financial burdens are also alleviated.

Then the overall impact, the infant mortality rate decreased.

That's because 80% of babies who die are premature babies

who have to be helped to warm them using an incubator.

Many underprivileged groups are helped.

This is the advantage that we have a vision which we then try to achieve.

God willing, God will help

us achieve our dreams or goals.

In fact,the objective of the lecturers at MPKT

are not only to educate you this semester,

but also to achieve Indonesia Emas 2045. Why is that?

Because at MPKT you are also taught leadership.

How to be responsible leaders.

Leaders with integrity.

Just imagine, if your age is between 18-20 years now,

in 2045, you will be around 40 years old.

You will be the future leader.

Now young leaders are starting to emerge who are able to defeat the incumbents.

In some places, young people can beat incumbents.

This means that young people who have good leadership are emerging

and they are liked by the people.

The proof is that they were able to defeat the incumbent in the recent elections.

Indonesia Emas 2045 cannot be achieved

if those who lead do not have integrity.

MPKT is a medium for us at UI to teach

and train you to become leaders with integrity.

If a leader has integrity,

he will definitely be anti-corruption and try to eliminate corruption.

Now we enter the final part.

My advice to you, the students.

the ultimate goal is...

Strengthen your identity.

The main aim of education

is not so that you become an expert or scientist.

But for you to be who you really are.

So, let your true self emerge.

It's not about imitating other people or following other people.

You have to show your true self.

That's what MPKT is trying to help with.

As I said earlier,

set your goals, or what I call a vision.

What do you want to be in the next 10-15 years?

Of course, your aspirations are good, right?

If your aspirations are good, God will definitely help you.

That way, you don't have time to gossip or do useless things.

To achieve your goals,

to achieve those good goals, you have to focus.

Naturally, one day you become a scholar,

become a leader, director, and so on,

you must have integrity.

Your behaviour must reflect spiritual values.

You become a human being who has ethics.

That is the main point of the MPKT course.

That's some insights that I can share at the moment.

Thank You. Wasalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Subtitle by Zhilal El Furqaan