Commemorating the 93rd Youth Pledge Day 2021
Surakarta – Right on the day of commemorating the 93rd Youth Pledge which falls on October 28, 2021, the Student Executive Board held the “National Webinar of the Pancasila Student Pledge of Youth” as a form of commemorating Youth Pledge Day, the event was held online through the Zoom Meeting media at 08.00 WIB. BEM (Student Executive Board) invited Dr. Misbah Fikrianto, MM, M.Si from the National Achievement Center as a speaker at the event.
The National Webinar event was attended by 580 participants from the Indonusa Surakarta Polytechnic academic community, namely lecturers, staff, and students online through Zoom Meetings and the Official Youtube Streaming of the Indonusa Surakarta Polytechnic.
The Youth Pledge is a pledge of Indonesian youth who claim to shed one blood, the land of Indonesia, claim to be one nation, the Indonesian nation, and uphold the language of unity, the Indonesian language. The academic community of the Indonusa Surakarta Polytechnic wish you a Happy 93th Youth Pledge Day, we should be proud to be born as the color of the Indonesian state. Homeland, nation and speak Indonesian.
Youth unite to build Indonesia. Happy 93rd Youth Pledge Day. Hopefully the fighting spirit of the youth of 93 years ago will never be timeless.
History of Youth Pledge
The history of the birth of the Youth Pledge began with the Second Youth Congress initiated by the Indonesian Student Association (PPPI) and attended by youth organizations. Among them are Jong Java, Jong Sumatranen Bond, Jong Bataks Bond, Pemoeda Indonesia, Jong Islamieten Bond, Jong Celebes, Sekar Rukun, Jong Ambon, and Pemuda Betawi.
The congress was held in three different buildings and divided into three meetings to produce the Youth Pledge.
The first meeting, Saturday, October 27, 1928, at the Katholieke Jongenlingen Bond (KJB) Building, Lapangan Banteng.
In the meeting there was a description of Moehammad Jamin about the meaning and relationship of unity with youth. According to him, there are five factors that can strengthen the unity of Indonesia, namely history, language, customary law, education, and will.
The second meeting, Sunday, October 28, 1928, at the Oost-Java Bioscoop Building, discussed educational issues. The two speakers, Poernomowoelan and Sarmidi Mangoensarkoro, agreed that children should receive national education.
In addition, children must be educated democratically and there is a balance between education at school and at home.
The third meeting, Sunday, October 28, 1928, at the Indonesische Clubhuis Kramat Building, which is now enshrined as the Youth Pledge Building. It was at this third meeting that the formulation of the results of the congress, known as the Youth Pledge, was announced.
By the youths present, the formula was pronounced as the Oath of Allegiance. Before the congress closed, the song “Indonesia” by Wage Rudolf Supratman was played. The song was greeted with great fanfare by the congress participants.
