Depok-Indonesia currently has a Corruption Perception Index (CPI) score of 34 or is in 115th position out of 180 countries. This figure has decreased compared to 2019 with a score of 40. The data released by Transparency International Indonesia shows that Indonesia is below the global average, so it can be concluded that Indonesia still has a high risk of corruption. This phenomenon was conveyed by Dr. Ir. Wawan Wardiana, M.T., Deputy for Education and Community Participation of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at the Introduction to Campus Life for New Students (PKKMB) Vocational Education Program, Universitas Indonesia (UI), August 15, 2024.
(Photo: Vice Director for Education, Research and Student Affairs, Deni Danial Kesa, Ph.D, giving a speech)
On that occasion, Wawan gave an inaugural lecture to more than a thousand new UI Vocational students of the 2024 class with the aim of providing an early understanding of the potential for corruption or fraud that they must avoid. Corruption can occur in any field, including in the world of education. Several cases of corruption that can occur in the educational sector include abuse of authority, embezzlement in office, extortion, gratification, conflicts of interest in procurement, bribery, and others. Wawan said that several cases of corruption that often occur also involve actions taken by students, such as misuse of scholarship funds, gratification, plagiarism, mark-ups on education costs, and others.
According to Wawan, prevention of corruption can be carried out by every academic community in the educational environment through understanding the integrity of each individual. Integrity is the harmony of thoughts, words, and actions with applicable norms, laws, and values. “Higher education institutions need to play an active role in creating integrity for each of their citizens. Starting from the implementation of anti-corruption education, building the integrity of the educational ecosystem that supports habituation, role models, and integrity experiences, to an active role in the anti-corruption movement through the three pillars of higher education, such as supervision, studies, advocacy, counseling, campaigns, and others,” Wawan explained.
(Photo: Wawan conveys the importance of integrity in the campus environment)
Deni Danial Kesa, Ph.D, Vice Director for Education, Research, and Student Affairs, said that students as one of the stakeholders in the education sector must play an active role in building their own integrity. Students can start participating in eradicating corruption through the reporting channels provided by the campus. “The Universitas Indonesia already has an integrated reporting channel with SP4N-Lapor!, namely the Universitas Indonesia Public Information and Service Center (SIPP UI). Meanwhile, at UI Vocational, the Complaint, Reporting, and Aspiration Application for the Integrity Zone (APPAZI) is available. The forum for reporting acts of corruption, gratification, and others can be channeled through these two channels. Therefore, we invite students to actively participate in preventing acts of corruption in the Universitas Indonesia environment,” said Deni.
(Photo: Opening of the UI Vocational Education Program PKKMB activities)
Anti-corruption education activities have been carried out by the UI Vocational Education Program periodically every year to provide information related to preventing corruption in the world of education. The hope is that students will better understand various acts of corruption and dare to report if such cases occur around them.
