This achievement began with Fattahiya’s participation in an intership at Bank Indonesia for 4 months in the even semester of 2020/2021, under the guidance of a lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture, Dr. Rulianda P. Wibowo.

Dr. Rulianda explained that the KMBI internship is one of a series of collaborative activities between Bank Indonesia and all universities in Indonesia, in supporting the activities of the Independent Campus-Independent Learning. “Before participating in KMBI activities, students are first selected at the university level by previously receiving proposals from study programs. After being selected at the university level, prospective KMBI participants are re-selected at the national level. USU succeeded in sending 3 students to participate in KMBI ativities on behalf of Fattahiya Fadhillah, Muhammad Bangun Siregar and Attania R. Sembiring.” Dr. Ruli said.

In an effort to produce superior human resources, especially undergraduate college graduates who are adaptive to the world of work, the government through the Ministry of Education and Culture has released an independent campus program aimed at accelerating the improvement of the quality of human resources. This is what Bank Indonesia has done through the Merdeka Campus Bank Indonesia program, as a form of support for government programs in improving the quality of human resources through improving the quality of education. The Independent Bank Indonesia Campus Program (KMBI) is categorized as an internship, although the program is based on three main activities, namely learning, project/research work, and working experience.

“Learning activities are carried out independently (self-learning) by apprentices. Learning includes central banking materials and other materials that can be taken according to the interests and concentrations desired by the apprentices. Project/research activities are held so that interns are able to apply their knowledte, both from learning activities on campus and self-learning at LMS-Matrix in a project/research organized by the work unit for placement of apprentices. Working experience activities are obtained by interns so that they have real work experience and learn about the culture and work rhythms within Bank Indonesia,” Dr. Rulianda said.

Not only that, he continued, interns are also facilitated with other interesting activities that can add insight and hone the soft skills of participants while in the KMBI progran. To train the activess of interns in team work, participants are given the opportunity to be able to create webinars/sharing sessions where the interns are the main committee.

In addition, in several other non-formal activities, such as engagement and enrichment sessions, participants were given the opportunity to become a host or discussion guides at the session. Through these activities, the organizers of the KMBI assess the activeness of the apprentices, outside of the formal activities included in learning, projects/research, and working experiences. To appreciate participants who have the advantage of being more active than other participants, the organizers of the KMBI give an award known as the “KMBI AWARD”. (*/(C)ULC)

Author: Renny Julia Harahap - PR

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