BANDUNG, unpas.ac.id – Universitas Pasundan becomes a host of socialization program and workshop of internal quality assurance system (Sistem Penjaminan Mutu Internal, SPMI) held by Directorate of Learning and Student Affairs (Pembelajaran dan Kemahasiswaan, Belmawa), Directorate General of Higher Eudcation (Direktorat Jenderal Pendidikan Tinggi, Ditjen Dikti) and Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi, Kemedikbudristek).
The program was held online through Zoom Meeting and offline at the Hall of Mandala Saba Otto Iskandardinata, Unpas Campus IV, Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi No. 193, Bandung in Friday (June 11th, 2021). The socialization program and workshop were attended by representatives of universities in the West Java/ Banten LLDIKTI IV.
It was attended online by Coordinator of Belmawa, Rahayu Retno Sunarni as keynote speaker, who presented about the management of SPMI. It consisted of planning, implementation, evaluation, control and quality improvement (Perencanaan, Pelaksanaan, Evaluasi, Pengendalian and Peningkatan Kualitas, PPEPP).
The event was officially opened by LLDIKTI Region IV, Ir. Dharnita Candra, M.Si. In her welcoming speech, she said that the main core of educational quality lies on the quality assurance system, so there need to be a systematic and continuous quality improvement through the management of SPMI.
“Through the system, we call it Simantu (Sistem Informasi Penjaminan Mutu), we show a performance description in the university by observing quality mapping, especially in the Region IV LLDIKTI. If it has already been mapped, it would be easier for us to provide supervision for universities,” she said.
In the next welcoming speech, Unpas Vice Rector I, Prof. Dr. H. Jaja Suteja SE., MSi said that this socialization program aims to make universities care about and comply with the implementation of the quality of education.
“Related to the quality, it is certainly associated to the field implementation, based on minimum standard set by the government. Universities are considered qualified if they are able to carry out the activities based on its minimum standard,” he explained.
The standards refer to the University Tri Dharma, namely (doing) education and teaching, research and development, and community service. These three basics have 8 standards each.
“Both private and state university should be able to extend the minimum standard. Unpas also wants to be a qualified university by carrying out the activity that has been planned. And we hope we could extend the minimum standard,” he added.
This plan is written and listed in the Development Main Plan (Rencana Induk Pengembangan, RIP) or in the masterplan; for example – to determine Unpas position in the next 25 or 30 years later. Other than in the masterplan, it was also written in the Strategic Plan (Rencana Strategis, Renstra) for the next 5 years later.
“Renstra will be further observed to be Operational Plan (Rencan Operasional, Renop) consisting of achievement indicator and target, referred to the government regulation by 8 Main Performance Indicators (Indikator Kinerja Utama, IKU). Other than that, there should an Additional Performance Indicator (Indikator Kinerja Tambahan, IKT) as its uniqueness. This is indeed the thing that will support the university quality assurance,” he ended. (Reta Amaliyah S)*