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Indonesia emphasises supportive role of AI in education

According to head of the ministry’s Centre for Data and Information Technology, Yudhistira Nugraha, in the context of education, AI is not built to replace teachers, but rather to support them. To effectively utilise AI in teaching, teachers need to master several stages.

Head of the Centre for Data and Information Technology of the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Yudhistira Nugraha (right), and chair of the implementation team of the National Information and Communication Technology Council, Ilham Akbar Habibie (second, left), during a discussion at Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, on Wednesday (July 9, 2025). (Photo: Antara)
Head of the Centre for Data and Information Technology of the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Yudhistira Nugraha (right), and chair of the implementation team of the National Information and Communication Technology Council, Ilham Akbar Habibie (second, left), during a discussion at Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, on Wednesday (July 9, 2025). (Photo: Antara)

Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesia’s Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has emphasised that artificial intelligence (AI) is designed to assist teachers in their duties, not replace them.

According to head of the ministry’s Centre for Data and Information Technology, Yudhistira Nugraha, in the context of education, AI is not built to replace teachers, but rather to support them. To effectively utilise AI in teaching, teachers need to master several stages.

The stages include identifying and understanding the information generated by AI, learning how to use AI, including creating prompts, applying them in the right context, and thinking critically about the responses provided by AI, he said.

He highlighted the importance of comparing outputs from different AI tools and using detailed prompts to ensure the accuracy and validity of the information they provide.

Concurring with Nugraha, chair of the implementation team of the National Information and Communication Technology Council (Wantiknas) Ilham Akbar Habibie stressed that AI should be viewed as a tool to ease human tasks, not as a replacement for humans.

He advised the public to exercise caution when using AI, saying information disruption has become increasingly prevalent in the digital space./.

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