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IOL News
12-08-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
Exploring the role of education in promoting social cohesion at the G20 Interfaith Forum
The discussion on Tuesday sought to examine what role education plays in values and social cohesion, but also how religion can respond to global education challenges, including access, quality, and links to life skills. Image: Theolin Tembo/Independent Newspapers Tuesday morning's plenary session at the G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20) focused on education and translating the oft-stated priority of 'youth' into effective action. The IF20 forum convenes religious leaders, civil society organisations, government officials, multilateral institutions, and scholars to explore collaborative solutions to pressing global challenges. The IF20 event is intended to reflect and reinforce South Africa's G20 Presidency theme: 'Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability.' The Cape Town event is intended as a catalyst for action, fostering partnerships that transcend borders, beliefs, and sectors. The discussion on Tuesday sought to examine what role education plays in values and social cohesion, but also how religion can respond to global education challenges, including access, quality, and links to life skills. The discussion sought to link the goals of quality education for all to the challenges of social cohesion and ensuring diversity and equality among different communities. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Ad loading It included a keynote address by the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education in Indonesia, Professor Dr. Abdul Mu'ti, who highlighted that quality education and religious education can serve as means to cultivate cross-cultural religious literacy, and eliminate attitudes and behaviours which include hostility towards people of other faiths. 'We believe that big changes start with small habits done consistently. These habits will only succeed if supported by the four education pillars - schools, family, communities and media. 'Through cross-national, cross-cultural, and interfaith collaboration, we can raise a young generation that is not only academically intelligent, but also wise in social life,' Mu'ti said. After his address, a panel discussion was held, including Professor Maniraj Sukdaven from the University of Pretoria, Executive Director of the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, Dr. Mohamed Elsanousi, Executive Director of Leimena Institute, Matius Ho, Executive Director of Arigatou International Geneva, Maria Lucia Uribe Torres, Chairman and Board of Directors at the Doha International Centre for Interfaith Dialogue, Prof. Ibrahim Saleh Al-Naimi, Head of the Office of the Deputy Minister of Social Development, Prof. Muhammed Haron, Vice Chancellor/CEO at Africa University, Prof. Peter Mageto, and Distinguished Professor of Education at Stellenbosch University Prof. Jonathan Jansen. Torres highlighted that over recent years, the focus in education has been on numeracy and literacy, which as a result has left behind the social, emotional and spiritual aspect of children, which forms part of their holistic well-being. 'Education should support respect for cultural diversity for their own cultural identity, language, values, religion and those of the other. We see very often in our education system that this is not the case because when it comes to learning about the other religions. 'We go to our comfort mentality approaches (i.e Muslims pair with Muslims, Christians with Christians, Buddhists with Buddhists), but the interfaith aspect of learning about the other is not there,' Torres said. Torres also touched on how the education system is focused on memorising facts and instead of building friendships and connections with those who are different from the individual, and that such skills are fundamental. 'I believe that ethics education has a role to play in bringing these aspects together, because ethics education supports learning from one another and conscientisation. Conscientisation was coined by Paulo Freire, is the ability to reflect on social issues in our society, but also understand our privileges, and the lack thereof. 'Ethics, if you put it in a very simple way, is how children can understand that we hold the lives of others in our hands, and that what we do or do not do has an impact on ourselves and others - the very concept of Ubuntu,' Torres said. Jansen explained that he works across high schools and higher education, and he highlighted how the Israel and Palestine conflict has impacted on educating the youth. 'It is the most televised war, they say, in history, from which all our children learn about war, but also about silence and complicity. It is also a test of the faith communities' commitment to go beyond easy words 'condemn', 'withdraw' and 'end the war',' he said.
South China Morning Post
12-08-2025
- South China Morning Post
Indonesia considers Roblox ban over child safety concerns, ‘immoral' content
Indonesia 's government is reportedly considering a ban on Roblox, the widely used online game-creation platform, after the education minister warned that it could expose children to violence and other harmful behaviours. Advertisement 'There is a lot of violence in the game. Sometimes children don't understand that what they see isn't real,' Indonesian education minister Abdul Mu'ti said on August 4, adding that the platform could drive an increase in youth violence if young students mimic behaviours witnessed in the games. Roblox encourages creativity by allowing users to design and play their own games. However, the platform's voice chat function has raised concerns, with some warning that it can lead to violent or inappropriate interactions. While Roblox does not enforce a specific age limit for registration, users under 13 have their chat access restricted and are subject to automatic content filtering. Dr Gatra Priyandita, a senior analyst in cybertechnology and security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said the threat to ban Roblox fitted into a broader pattern of digital regulation in Indonesia. Advertisement
The Star
07-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Indonesia warns children, parents against ‘violent' online game Roblox
Online gaming service Roblox is displayed on a tablet screen in Paris. - AFP JAKARTA: Officials have warned parents and students against playing popular online game Roblox, citing circulating content allegedly related to violence and other negative effects for children amid a rise in the game's popularity across the country. The call for caution for such content inside Roblox was first raised by Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu'ti, who called out the game as an example of content that could be harmful for children due to its 'violent' gameplay. 'Don't play those games like [Roblox], because they are not good,' Mu'ti said on Monday (Aug 4) on the sidelines of a visit to an elementary school in Central Jakarta, as quoted by Antara. 'If you're using your phone, avoid watching violence or listening to bad words. Don't consume things that have no value,' the minister told the schoolchildren. Responding to the education minister's remarks, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi said on Tuesday that the government 'would not hesitate' to block digital games containing elements of violence like Roblox if necessary. 'If what's shown goes too far and affects our younger generation's behaviour, then yes, we won't hesitate to shut it down,' said Prasetyo, who also serves as a presidential spokesperson. 'Our priority is to protect this generation. We have no problem closing off platforms that feature violence.' Originally launched in 2006, Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system, where users can play games and other online activities designed by others, often called 'experiences'. The platform hosts millions of user-created 'experiences', ranging from original games, to activities based on famous television shows and virtual social handouts. During the second quarter of 2025, the game's company Roblox Corporation accumulated over 27.4 billion hours worth of global user engagement with 'experiences' within the platform, according to data gathered by Statista. The figure is up from 21.7 billion hours in the previous quarter. In the same period, the company also recorded over 20.6 million daily active users of Roblox games in the United States and Canada, as well as 25.6 million daily users in Europe. The game has recently gained traction among children and teenagers in the country, who gather on maps designed similarly to real-life locations, such as Mount Bromo in East Java. Dongker, a punk band from Bandung, West Java, even held a concert on Au. 3 on Roblox, attended by 200 users whose avatars went into a virtual mosh pit. Some extracurricular classes found online also offered programming courses for children using Roblox. In some countries, the game has already been used by students to learn computer coding skills and game designing. But officials have raised concerns about some contents related to violence and a lack of adequate content filtering. Prasetyo emphasised that the government's attention goes beyond Roblox, citing recent cases of youth violence which he deemed as a result of the violent content across various media platforms. 'We must really try to reduce things that can give rise to something bad for those who watch them, especially our younger generations,' Prasetyo added. - The Jakarta Post/ANN
Barnama
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Barnama
200 Guests Attend Malaysian Embassy's Hari Raya Aidilfitri Open House In Jakarta
JAKARTA, April 28 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia, Datuk Syed Mohamad Hasrin Tengku Husin, hosted a Hari Raya Aidilfitri Open House on Monday at the Malaysian Embassy here, attended by around 200 guests, including senior government officials and foreign diplomats. Among the distinguished guests who graced the event were Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Prof Abdul Mu'ti, Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly Ahmad Muzani, Deputy Foreign Minister Arif Havas Oegroseno, and Head of the Halal Product Guarantee Agency Dr H. Ahmad Haikal Hassan. The event also welcomed former cabinet ministers, members of trade and industry chambers, representatives from companies, political parties, the media, and local community organisations.
