Open Source will Attract High School

Open Source will Attract High School

JAKARTA - The staff of the Minister of State Ministry of IT Research and Technology, Engkos Koswara hope Indonesia can be more independent in the field of technology by using and developing open source made in the country itself.

For that very desire itself open source development can be taught in schools.

This has been submitted to the Education Office. The symbolic gift Menristek Kusmayanto Kadiman open source book for teaching children to school on the National Education Bambang Sudibyo events Ki Hajar ago Award 2008.

"Education Office welcomed the input is. But how and when its application in schools, will be governed by the Education Office," he said when met in his office in the building BPPT, Jakarta, Selasa (21/4/2009).

"The form of support we are providing books and teaching open source software which is for junior and senior high school students. However, its application is returned again to the Education Office, whether to enter into the core curriculum subjects or special expertise such as extracurricular. The clear, we would hope to introduce the teaching open source on the children's school, "said Engkos.

The introduction of open source at the University have applied. Various countries such as the University of University of Indonesia (UI) and the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) each have a Pendayagunaan Open Source Center.

RISTEK and Technology Agency also has the effort to open source approach to the community as established in the IGOS Center Bandung. Through the various IGOS Center can access through the hotspot that has been provided, and take advantage of open source.