21/03-04/04/2024
Banjarmasin – The Student Affairs and Alumni Subdivision of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP), Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) again held a student selection for the winner of the National Student Art Week (Peksiminas) which this year entered the XVII event with the theme ‘Merdeka Berprestasi Talenta Seni Menginspirasi’. This biennial national event is organized by the Directorate of Higher Education (Dirjen Dikti) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemdikbudristek) and is held with a tiered selection process starting at the faculty, university, and finally the national level.
According to Sherly Nur Hikmah, Person in Charge (PIC) of the Peksiminas selection at the FKIP ULM level and also a lecturer in the Performing Arts Education Study Program, the selection at the FKIP ULM level was held on March 21-April 4, 2024 by competing in 15 competitions and was attended by a number of FKIP ULM student participants, namely (1) singing dangdut (10 participants); (2) singing seriosa (2 participants); (3) keroncong singing (1 participant in the solo female category); (4) pop singing (26 participants); (5) vocal group (2 teams); (6) poetry reading (41 participants); (7) monologue theater (10 participants), (8) dance (7 teams); (9) short story writing (27 participants), (10) poetry writing (37 participants), (11) drama script writing (4 participants), (12) poster design (17 participants), (13) painting (7 participants), (14) comic strip (3 participants), (15) photography 917 participants). Of these 15 competition stalks, poetry reading is the most followed competition stalk. This competition was held not directly face-to-face on the spot, but through the collection of recordings and collection of works to the committee.
Furthermore, the judging process was held on April 15-19, and the announcement of the winners on April 22, 2024. Most of the judges are FETT ULM lecturers who have the capacity to conduct competition assessments, some others are professional practitioners from each field in the competition. The first winner of each competition will be included in the university level selection. We all hope that the winners will be able to represent ULM and FETT at the national level Peksiminas on September 2-7, 2024 in Jakarta. (admin)