After conducting a meeting for Private Higher Education Institutions under the Institute for Higher Education Service (LLDikti) Regional II, Universitas Muhammadiyah Metro (UM Metro) managed to reach the first rank in the appreciation night, located in Novotel Bangka Hotel and Convention Centre, Saturday (03/09). LLDikti Regional II placed UM Metro in first place for the 2022 Grant Recipients of Student Creativity Program (PKM) for Academic Higher Education.
On this occasion, the Head of LLDikti Regional II, Prof. Dr. Iskhaq Iskandar, M.Sc. directly passed the certificate of appreciation to the Rector of UM Metro, Drs. H. Jazim Ahmad, M.Pd in front of all private higher education institutions in Southern Sumatera. Responding to the appreciation, Jazim admitted he was grateful for the blessings from Allah subhanahu wata’ala. “Alhamdulillah, we can not stop being grateful for Allah’s blessing to place UM Metro in the first place in the 2022 Grant Recipients of Student Creativity Program (PKM) for Academic Higher Education from LLDikti Regional II,” he said. According to him, the achievement has not come without hard work from UM Metro students and lecturers that have worked hard to achieve the grants.
“It becomes our output, especially the hard work from students and their supervisors in UM Metro for their grants of PKM. This appreciation is given for the hard work of all brighter future generations,” he added. The Chairman of Tapak Suci Regional XI Lampung also hoped that this achievement could motivate UM Metro students to follow their steps in pursuing grants in the next year.
“I hope that it can inspire other students to follow and carry on pursuing student creativity grants together in UM Metro to elevate the number every year,” said Jazim. Furthermore, he also emphasized that the grants would provide various advantages for the institution, students, and broader communities. “Of course, we do not chase the ranking, we also do not chase the money, but we seek the benefits we share. The more we can get, the broader communities will be supported to overcome varied problems. So we can recover faster and raise stronger as the phrase of Indonesia’s 77th Independence Day theme. Moreover, the students would gain several advantages, including to be an independent, hard worker, good in management and gain various skills,” he ended.
