FKIP RESPONDS TO AEC WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE (KKN)

On Saturday, 26 March 2016 in room 3.18 was held a dissemination of the International Community Service (KKN) program for FKIP students. The event was opened by Mrs. Dian Artha K, M.Pd.Si from Physics Education study program, Mr. Syariful Fahmi, M.Pd. from Mathematics Education study program, Mr. Irfan Yunianto, M.Sc. from Biology Education study program, and Eci Saka from KUI-UAD. FKIP students were very enthusiastic about participating in this activity. A total of 45 FKIP students from various study programs have prepared to register themselves to this prestigious program.
In their presentation, KUI explained the requirements to apply for a visa and passport and what will be needed later, especially for accommodation and transportation at the target country. This year’s International KKN Program has been arranged to be carried out in Songkhla, Southern Thailand. Dian Artha added that UAD FKIP students who would take part in the International Community Service Program were expected to be the best in every activity held there, where the majority of the population is Muslim. Mr Fahmi and Mr Irfan also motivated students in the same manner.
Apart from being enthusiastic about the dissemination conducted that day, the FKIP students actually showed full awareness that they had now entered AEC (ASEAN Economic Community). Every student was aware of the need to become a member of the ASEAN community, or even the world, who was ready to compete with foreign workers. Hopefully, by experiencing International KKN, they will be equipped with required abilities to face the competition, especially in the realm of education in the future. Anyone who does not change will be crushed. “I want to take part in this International KKN because I know that I will get a lot of experience out there.” commented Elna, one of the students who attended the event.
Mr Irfan Yunianto, said that FKIP students must complete three stages before taking part in the International KKN Program. The first one is administrative preparation and KKN briefing by LPM. The second one is technical preparation related to students’ departure, such as language training (at PPB-UAD), luggage (individual-group, money, and sim cards), and security. The last one is documents and activity reports, such as certificates.
Although the requirements for registering for International KKN are not easy to fulfil, all FKIP students who attended this activity looked really interested and confident that the International KKN would provide them with extraordinary knowledge and experiences compared to other programs. The difficulties that they face and the anxiety that they experience will disappear when they are highly confident. We must not be spectators and be unchanged when other countries have started to come and study our nation. It is time for FKIP to be ready to face AEC by becoming a part of the competition in ASEAN, or even the world.