The Ministry of Education and Culture ( id, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, abbreviated as Kemendikbud) was a

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which organises early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education and community education affairs and the management of culture within the

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. The ministry once transferred its duty organised higher education affairs at the first presidency of

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, when higher education affairs were transferred to the

Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education Ministry of Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia (abbrievated as Kemenristek, or RISTEK-BRIN on its logo) was a government ministry that has the task of conducting affairs in the field of research, science and technology to ass ...

. Then in his second term, its duty transferred back to Ministry of Education and Culture when Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education has changed its name to Ministry of Research and Technology/National Research and Innovation Agency. The ministry was first named the Ministry of Teaching (Indonesian: ''Kementerian Pengajaran''), and the first person who held the position of minister was

Ki Hadjar Dewantara Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat ( EYD: Suwardi Suryaningrat); from 1922 also known as Ki Hadjar Dewantara (EYD: Ki Hajar Dewantara), which is also written as Ki Hajar Dewantoro to reflect its Javanese sounds (2 May 1889 in Pakualaman – 26 Ap ...

. On 9 April 2021, People's Representative Council approved that this ministry is merged with the

Ministry of Research and Technology Ministry of Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia (abbrievated as Kemenristek, or RISTEK-BRIN on its logo) was a government ministry that has the task of conducting affairs in the field of research, science and technology to ass ...

to form the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, while National Research and Innovation Agency separated to a new non-ministerial government agency. On 13 April 2021, Ali Mochtar Ngabalin, spokesperson and expert professional of Deputy IV (Information and Political Communication) Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, announced that the second reshuffle will take place on second week of April 2021. However, due to many reasons, the second reshuffle finally announced at 28 April 2021. Unusual for reshuffle happened in Indonesia, this reshuffle was the first of its kind which not only reshuffled the ministers, but also disbanding ministry institutions during the mid-term. In this reshuffle,

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appointed as the first holder of Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. In this reshuffle, as the consequence of the fusion, this ministry disbanded along with

Organization

The ministry organisations consists of: #Office of the Deputy Minister #Secretariat General #Directorate General of Teachers and Education Personnel #Directorate General of Early Childhood Education and Community Education #Directorate General of Primary and Secondary Education #Directorate General of Higher Education #Directorate General of Culture #Inspectorate General #

Language and Book Development Agency The Language Development and Fostering Agency ( id, Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa), formerly the Language and Book Development Agency () and the Language Centre (), is the institution responsible for standardising and regulating the Indon ...

#Agency of Research and Development #Special Advisor to the Minister on Innovation and Competitiveness #Special Advisor to the Minister on Central and Regional Relations #Special Advisor to the Minister on Character Development #Special Advisor to the Minister on Educational and Cultural Regulations

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