
organizations, organizations at FIS have developed
not only limited to BEM but also extra- campus
organizations, such as HMI, PMII, GMNI. WE.
student executive body of the faculty of social
sciences at the university of jakarta has a role and role
in various national student actions. one of the roles of
student executive body of the faculty of social
sciences at the university of jakarta was involvement
in the 1998 student demonstration, during the reform
movement in indonesia. unj, during the 1998 student
reform movement, became the driving force of the
1998 reform movement in jakarta.
The term student as " the agent of change" is
true because many changes occur because of the role
of students. on campus, student organizations are a
forum for students to explore various personal
abilities, broaden their horizons and have personality
integrity. (yayuk 2017). After the 1998 reformation,
where democratic space was wide open, campus
activists who were previously affiliated with student
executive body of the faculty of social sciences at the
university of jakarta, looked for their own paths,
some chose to become part of the government's
power, some chose to remain critical of the
government.
even though we are in the era of democracy,
where freedom of expression is open, the
development of bem in indonesia, including student
executive body of the faculty of social sciences at the
university of jakarta, is not as active as in the 1998
era. The current BEM organization is still running,
starting from the study program, faculty and
university levels. As a result of our observations,
research and interviews, there was a decrease in
student interest in participating in the BEM
organization. In the 90s, becoming a member of BEM
was through competitive selection, because BEM
only existed at the faculty and university level, the
Study Program organization was the Study Program
Association. To become a BEM administrator,
students must receive support, selected from the study
program level, as study program representatives, the
number is not large, only 2 people per study program.
Being a member of BEM is something to be proud
of, and not all students get the opportunity to become
BEM administrators at faculties and universities.
Currently, elected BEM administrators at study
programs, faculties and universities are experiencing
difficulties in recruiting members. This can be seen
from the initial period of BEM management, it takes
a long time to prepare management due to the low
interest of students in registering as BEM members,
in study program, faculty, university level. The BEM
organization at FIS UNJ receives support from the
dean and the university. Support from the Dean is in
the form of guidance on student activities and
financial support. In each BEM organization at the
study program and faculty level, a lecturer is assigned
to supervise student activities. The funds provided for
BEM development come from the faculty POK, and
are distributed in a transparent manner to all student
organizations consisting of BEM and interest and
talent organizations. The funds provided by the
faculty are incentives for various BEM activities,
students seek financial support from outside campus,
to sponsor activities.
2.2 Factors That Cause Students' Low
Interest in Participating in BEM
There is low interest among students to be active in
BEM organizations, both BEM Study Programs,
faculties and universities, after we conducted
interviews, we found various reasons for FDG. First,
the burden of completing coursework assignments,
and limitations on lecture time cause students to
prefer to focus on lectures, because if they are active
in the organization and are late in submitting
coursework assignments, there is no relief or special
treatment given to BEM administrators, even though
the delay is a factor. Collecting assignments because
they are busy with BEM activities, which cannot be
delegated or replaced by other people.
Limiting the study period causes students to
compete to complete their studies on time, because if
they do not complete their studies on time, it will
result in greater costs for their parents to pay for their
studies. They also don't want to be expelled from
campus because their study period is over. There are
several student activists who do not complete their
studies on time and are threatened with dropping out
of campus.
Second, more interested in participating in
MBKM activities. On the one hand, Merdeka Belajar
and campus activities bring many benefits, students
are introduced to the industrial world, students are
also given the opportunity to study outside campus
either at the national campus or take part in IISMA
(Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards)
activities where students are given the opportunity to
study abroad with scholarship from the Indonesian
government. Students avoid becoming BEM
administrators because it will limit them from taking
part in student activities outside campus, doing
internships, earning money, or taking part in national
or international student exchanges, they earn money
and gain international experience.
Declining Interest Among Students of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Jakarta in Participating in Student Executive Body
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