Students’ Mountaineering Club (MAPALA) Universitas Muhammadiyah Palopo (UM Palopo) held the 23rd Basic Education and Training (Diklatsar) from Saturday (30/10) to Wednesday (3/11). The agenda was conducted in Battang village, Wara Barat district, Palopo region, South Sulawesi. At first, the participant who attended the meeting was 21 people. Still, several people did not meet the requirements, so 15 people joined the Basic Education and Training of MAPALA UM Palopo.

The Chief of MAPALA UM Palopo, Jabbar Syam, explained that all Basic Education and Training UM Palopo participants should follow all sessions in Diklatsar and bag parents’ permission to follow the agenda. Therefore, the committee of this Basic Education Training ensured that all participants had met the requirements. If there were no parent’s permit, they would prohibit following the implementation of Diklatsar.

Afterwards, fifteen people followed the Basic Education and Training until inaugurated as the Students’ Mountaineering Club UM Palopo. In his remarks, Jabbar Syam prompted the fifteen members to process well. He also expected that they could keep the good name of the institution and campus. He also mentioned although fifteen was a small number, it was not a big deal. He admitted that the number of members is not essential because only the members with good competence and high endurance should be considered. “Although only fifteen members left, we prioritized the quality, not only the quantity,” he concluded as reported on the official Universitas Muhammadiyah Palopo site.