Politap Senate Holds 2021 Work Meeting

Held at Hotel Mahkota Sukadana, North Kayong Regency (KKU), on 11-12 December 2020, the Senate of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) held a work meeting to evaluate 2020 activities and formulate the 2021 work plan. The work meeting was conducted offline, but an opportunity was also provided for senate members unable to attend in person due to illness to join online.

In the opening of the event, Senate Chair Ismael Marzuki conveyed that this meeting was an effort by the senate to improve senate governance in supporting Politap's performance by synchronizing activities with Politap management. According to him, the senate's target for 2021 is to finalize all derivative regulations mandated by Regulation of the Minister of Research, Technology, and Higher Education Number  26 of 2017 concerning the Statute of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang.

Meanwhile, Endang Kusmana, Director of Politap, stated that based on the mandate in the Statute, there are at least 42 (forty-two) regulations that must be established, including those stipulated by the Director, stipulated by the Director with senate consideration, and Senate Regulations themselves. As of the end of 2020, 21 Director's Regulations  have been drafted, and the rest will be drafted in 2021.

The senate work meeting was held over two days. The first day featured discussions and evaluations of 2020 activities, followed by presentations from each commission: Commission A discussed evaluations and activity plans within the academic scope, Commission B focused on human resources, and Commission C handled student affairs. Following the meeting, Senate Secretary Idris Herkan Affandi stated that 2021 activities will aim to strengthen existing regulations and the monitoring system in the academic field, in order to improve academic quality within Politeknik Negeri Ketapang.