Wamena \u2013 The Bung Karno\u2013style People\u2019s School (Sekolah Rakyat\/SR) is set to be promoted in remote areas of Papua Highlands Province. The learning concept applies Bung Karno\u2019s letter method, which focuses on five vowels\u2014A, I, U, E, and O. This initiative is being driven by the Papua Highlands chapter of the Indonesian Foundation for Supporting Efforts to Eradicate Illiteracy (Yayasan Bantulah Usaha Pemberantasan Buta Huruf Indonesia \u2013 YBUPBHI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To support this effort, YBUPBHI held a training program for teachers of the Bung Karno Letter People\u2019s School in Wamena, Jayawijaya Regency, on Saturday (January 24, 2026). The training was attended by several People\u2019s School teachers, particularly those from the outskirts of the city or education zones 3 and 4, which serve as the main bases of YBUPBHI\u2019s People\u2019s School program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday\u2019s activity aims to provide training by trainers to teachers who teach at People\u2019s Schools. These teachers work in reference villages that we have identified based on Jams Modouw\u2019s four education zones,\u201d said Bertus Asso, S.Pd., M.Pd., Director of YBUPBHI Papua Highlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Asso, the Bung Karno learning method based on the five vowels\u2014A, I, U, E, and O\u2014serves as the main foundation for developing People\u2019s Schools in Papua Highlands. He emphasized that the nation originates from history shaped by its predecessors, and therefore learning methods should also follow those historical footprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEverything begins from the history initiated by our predecessors, so that today we can feel and enjoy its outcomes. I am the developer of the method using the five vowels taught by the Proclamator, Bung Karno. These five letters become a driving force for education,\u201d said Asso, who is also the author of a book on the Bung Karno letter method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asso explained that the People\u2019s School concept promoted through YBUPBHI operates in remote and rural areas. He said this People\u2019s School is an adoption of the concept once implemented by Bung Karno in Madiun shortly after the proclamation of Indonesian independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is what I am now implementing in Papua Highlands, and I hope its influence will reach all remote areas and other parts of Indonesia. This People\u2019s School was originally initiated by the Proclamator himself, and the archives are preserved at the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia,\u201d said Bertus Asso, who also serves as the Third Deputy Speaker of the Papua Highlands Regional House of Representatives (DPRP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is what the trainers will later convey to the teachers we have prepared\u2014how the Proclamator carried it out authentically. I too move forward authentically, without assistance from anyone. I continue to push forward and keep moving, and thankfully it has now developed in several regencies,\u201d Asso added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, he stated that the People\u2019s School program currently being promoted by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto should be grounded in Bung Karno\u2019s original People\u2019s School learning methods. Therefore, he argued that current People\u2019s School policies need to be revised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe People\u2019s School must refer back to the founding father of the nation. It is more effective and must return directly to the people, just as Bung Karno did. In essence, I want to convey that I am the extension of Bung Karno\u2019s voice in the field of education,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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