Menpora Encourages Facilities and Infrastructure for Gymnastics Athletes

– The Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora), Dito Ariotedjo encouraged the completion of facilities and infrastructure for athletes to practice, especially gymnastics.

This was said when receiving an audience with the Executive Board of the Indonesian Gymnastics Association (PB Persani) at the Kemenpora Media Center, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday (23/5/2023).

Kemenpora has coordinated further with the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) in finalizing training centers or sports center in Cibubur which includes a gymnastics hall.

When he first took office, Dito immediately held a meeting with representatives of the PUPR Ministry and requested that the construction of a sports center be prioritized.

“So when I first served as Menpora, I saw if there were any obstacles (the construction of the sports center). I had a meeting with the PUPR Ministry and it was in the finalization stage. At that time, we asked to make it a priority,” said Dito.

According to him, gymnastics is one mother of sport and must support it. Even now gymnastics has been included in the sports curriculum from the elementary (elementary school) level.

“This is in accordance with what the President wants, coaching and nursery from an early age and gymnastics, in our opinion, is a sport that forms the foundation of the younger generation,” he explained.

He said Kemenpora had also coordinated with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemdikbudristek) and was now in the formal process. J

“So we are carrying out a process of formal and informal approaches so that it becomes a frequency between the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Youth and Sport in the development of young people. Through this sport, education and the Ministry of Youth and Sport go hand in hand,” said the Menpora.

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