Eugene : I don't really enjoy the additional subject as such P5 (Proyek Penguatan Profil Pelajar Pancasila) since I am still confused what the purpose is.
Juliana : Kurikulum Merdeka is more flexible, gives more space and freedom for students and teachers to develop their learning process, while K13 is more structured and rigid; meaning, both teachers and students simply do what was asked by K13.
Paulina : Do you think Kurikulum Merdeka is going to be a sustainable system for us in Indonesia?
Eugene : I think, as long as the Minister of Education doesn't change it, it is going to still be implemented, hopefully with updates along the way.
Artha: Yes, that's right, maybe in the future there will be more progress on our learning methods to support students to become better in their achievement.
Maryati : What do you think, ma'am? (Pointing/directing attention to Ms. Jualiana)
Juliana : As I said before, this is relatively new in our educational system. It takes time to adapt. Only specifics schools have put Kurikulum Merdeka into their learning practice. Kurikulum Merdeka grants schools more autonomy, to design its own effective learning process, by including all kinds of local and relevant materials, designing teaching methods as interesting and captivating as possible. By doing do, students are encouraged to study in enthusiastic environment, to become innovative humans, which is highly needed in our globalized society.
Maryati : Eugene, since you tend to disagree with Kurikulum Merdeka, any idea you can share in order to improve it?Â
Eugene : For me, during P5 lesson, I felt like I didn't really understand what the purpose of it. What I understand is, P5 is a project-based learning that relies on training. It looks to me that even for teachers in general, since it does take time to adapt, it is not an easy task, right? It does look to me, like having no clear direction.
Artha : I am sure, by taking time to practice it, and by teachers and students having more experience in implementing it, it is going to be more effective. The main purpose of P5 is to build strong nationalistic character and identity of us Indonesians, particularly students, therefore, we are capable to live as members of global community.
Juliana : Kurikulum Merdeka allows schools to have more autonomy to design its own learning process, creatively and effectively. We no longer can expect that the minister of education department provides such things for us as used to. As teachers, since this is a relatively new system, we need more trainings so we can design more effective methods on how to implement it in our teaching process. As you all know this far, for every project we do here at our school, we include several subjects altogether. Meaning, all related teachers need to do enough and good quality preparations before starting the projects involving students, in order to get high quality result of any executed project.
