Four student organizations at Universitas Dian Nuswantoro (Udinus) conducted a field assessment. This assessment is a part of the Student Organization Capacity Coaching Program (PPKO).

Two of those four student organizations were the Information Systems Student Association, which launched the ‘Si Kecik’ app in Krobokan, and the Management Student Association (HMM), which launched the ‘Tirtanadi’ app in Kalisidi Village.

Meanwhile, two other organizations were the Student Council Representatives of the Health Science Faculty, which launched Green House, Omah Edukasi, and Café Jamy Omah Ampiran in Mijen Sub-district, Semarang and the Visual Communication Design Student Association (HMDKV), which optimized the agrotourism condition in Kramat Karangmoncol Village, Purbalingga.

A representative from the field assessment team of PPKO at the Ministry of Education, Ir. Mintarti, M.Si., explained that the PPKO program was an initiation conducted by the Directorate of Learning and Student Affairs (Belmawa). According to Mintarti, this program obliged students to empower villages, which would later benefit the locals residing within them. There are fourteen topics to choose from for this empowerment program.  

“Hopefully, this program will allow an improvement to occur to these student organizations. There are topics to choose from for this program, namely, social preneur, digital villages, and smart villages. Each of these topics has its own goals and indicators,” Mintarti explained.

The field assessment lasted for two days, from November 4th to 5th, 2022. During those two days, the assessment was divided into two phases, with the first phases taking place in the conference room located on the first floor of the H building. The first phase was mainly a Q&A session concerning activities conducted by those four student organizations.

Meanwhile, on the second day, the assessment team from the Ministry of Education, the Student Affairs Team from Udinus, and several students reviewed various locations. On that occasion, both assessing teams monitored and evaluated every location for the PPKO program. The evaluation was attended by leaders of their respective regions accompanied by locals.

Dr. Kusni Ingsih, MM., the Vice Chancellor III of Student Affairs, hoped for all four PPKO programs conducted by students to pass the next phase. Several programs conducted by those four student organizations from Udinus is highly needed by those villages.

“We will always be committed to providing support to various programs conducted by student organizations, particularly the PPKO ones. Hopefully, the programs conducted by our students can make it to the final phase,” she concluded. (Humas Udinus/Alex. Foto: Humas Udinus)