Denpasar: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has issued a presidential regulation (Perpres) turning the Hindu Dharma State Institute (IHDN) in Denpasar, Bali into the country’s first Hindu state university.
The regulation stated that the new university, named I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa State Hindu University , would “administer Hindu higher education programmes” as well as other types of higher education programmes “to support Hindu higher education programmes”.
Through the regulation, which was enacted last week, all current IHDN students are converted to UHN students, and all the institute’s assets and employees are transferred to the newly formed university. “The change in status has been declared through a Perpres and is just awaiting the handover from the central government. I am very happy and thankful,” IHDN rector I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana said in a statement on the institute’s official website on Friday.
The institute itself started out as a state academy for Hindu religion teachers in 1993, before being converted into the Hindu Religion State College in 1999, and then into the IHDN in 2004.“Clearly this shows that President Jokowi has given special attention to Hindu educational institutions in Bali in order to improve the quality of our human capital,” he said.
“Because of that, we should use this moment to move toward excellent human capital in Bali in the future.” — The Jakarta Post/ANN
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