Murid TK Naik Traktor, Kiat `Regenerasi Petani` a la STPP Magelang
Indonesian`s Yogyakarta Kindergarten Students Learn about Farming
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani
SAYA DULUAN ... saya duluan ... ," kata Rio Fernando, bocah 4,5 tahun saat ingin menaiki traktor tani roda empat atau four-wheeled farm tractor, atau ketika dia dan teman-temannya bergegas naik sepeda motor roda tiga, yang biasa dipakai untuk mengangkut hasil panen.
Harap mahfum, sebagian besar dari mereka terbiasa naik mobil pribadi atau angkutan umum, namun pengalaman naik alat mesin pertanian (Alsintan) tentu berbeda dan menjadi luar biasa, apalagi ketika mereka ramai-ramai jadi penumpang di sepeda motor pengangkut panen.
Anak-anak dari TK Sedyo Utomo Umbul Harjo - Yogyakarta bersama para guru dan beberapa orangtua murid berkunjung ke Sekolah Tinggi Penyuluhani Pertanian - STPP Magelang jurusan penyuluhan pertanian (Jurluhtan) Yogyakarta dalam rangka field trip (karya wisata).
Kampus terpadu di Jl Kusumanegara 2, di selatan pusat kota Yogyakarta yang terbiasa hening, hari itu mendadak heboh setelah disambangi 45 ´tamu istimewa´ dari Umbulharjo.
Guru TK Sedyo Utomo Umbul Harjo, Subiyantiningsih mengatakan bahwa field trip di STPP Magelang bertujuan mengoptimalkan kemampuan kognitif, afektif, dan psimotorik murid-muridnya sebelum memasuki jenjang pendidikan sekolah dasar.
"STPP Magelang Jurluhtan Yogyakarta melalui unit penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat disingkat UPPM menggelar kegiatan kunjungan edukatif Go Green," kata Kabag Administrasi STPP Magelang, Irwan Johan Sumarno melalui pernyataan tertulis, Senin (19/2).
Irwan JS menambahkan, 45 murid TK tersebut keliling kampus dengan menumpang Alsintan yang aman ditumpangi anak-anak, kemudian menanam sayuran, memberi makan ternak sapi dan pengenalan Alsintan.
Sekretaris Badan SDM Pertanian, Surachman Suwardi mengapresiasi STPP Magelang Jurluhtan Yogyakarta sebagai unit pelaksana teknis (UPT) dari BPPSDMP Kementan mendukung program pengenalan pertanian sejak usia dini.
"Saya harapkan kegiatan seperti itu digalakkan di UPT BPPSDMP Kementan lainnya, bukan hanya STPP Magelang, agar anakanak mengenal dan mencintai pertanian sejak usia dini. Pertanian sumber kehidupan, jangan takut untuk bertani, karena bertani adalah pekerjaan mulia," katanya melalui pesan singkat.
Mereka kelak menjadi saksi negeri ini menggapai impian sebagai ´lumbung pangan dunia´ pada 2045. Sementara STPP Magelang Jurluhtan Yogyakarta sebagai unit pelaksana teknis (UPT) Badan SDM Pertanian Kementan berperan sebagai ´pemeran utama´ mencapai target 2045.
"I GO FIRST ... I go first ...," said Rio Fernando, a 4.5-year-old boy will ride on four-wheeled farm tractors and other farming machines.
Most of them are accustomed to private cars, but the experience of riding an agricultural machine becomes extraordinary, especially when they become passengers.
Yogyakarta´s Sedyo Utomo kindergarten students with teachers and some parents doing field trips in Magelang´s Agriculture College or STPP Magelang faculty of agricultural extension.
The integrated campus on 2 Kusumanegara street, in the south of downtown Yogyakarta is usually quiet, but the day was suddenly crowded and noisy after being visited by 45 ´special guests´ from Umbulharjo.
The kindergarten teacher, Subiyantiningsih said that field trip aimed to optimize the cognitive, affective, and psimotor ability of his students before going to elementary school.
"The STPP Magelang through a research unit and community service called UPPM held an educational visit of Go Green," said Head of General Affairs, Irwan Johan Sumarno through a written statement recently.
Mr Sumarno added, 45 kindergarten students are traveling around the campus with a safe farming machine with children, learning to grow vegetables, feeding cattle and introducing agricultural machinery.
Secretary of Agricultural Human Resources Agency, Surachman Suwardi appreciated the STPP Magelang as a technical education implementation unit of the Agriculture Ministry support the regeneration of farmers program, especially introduction of agricultural sector to the children.
"I expect this kind of activity to be improved, not only in STPP Magelang but across the country. Recommend to the children that agriculture is the source of life, do not be afraid to farm because it is a noble job," he said through a short message.
They will be the witness of this country to reach the dream as the 2045 world food barn, while the STPP Magelang role as ´main character´ reach the target of 2045.
