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| May 2025 | The Attorney General's Office of Indonesia launched an investigation into the Chromebook procurement scandal involving the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, covering procurement activities between 2019 and 2023. |
| 2024 | Ministerial Decree No. 16/2024 further updated the organizational structure of the ministry. |
| October 2024 | Under the Red White Cabinet, the ministry was split into three separate ministries: Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, and Ministry of Cultural Affairs. |
| 2022 | The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology initiated a comprehensive curriculum reform, introducing three policy options to address learning loss: using the 2013 Curriculum, the Emergency Curriculum, or the Independent Curriculum. |
| 2022 | Launched the Independent Curriculum designed to be more flexible, focusing on essential material and developing students' character and competence through project-based learning and adaptive teaching approaches. |
| September 2022 | Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology discloses the existence of a large shadow organization with approximately 400 members, including product managers, data scientists, and software engineers. Nadiem confirms the organization is a legal collaboration with GovTech Edu, a state-owned Telkom subsidiary, sparking criticism from the People's Representative Council and mass organizations advocating for teachers' welfare. |
| 2021 | Presidential Decree No. 62 established the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, appointing the minister by presidential discretion and creating the Office of Deputy Minister. |
| 2021 | Ministerial Decree No. 28/2021 expanded the ministry's structure and distinguished the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) as a separate entity from the ministry. |
| July 30 2021 | President Joko Widodo issued Presidential Decree No. 62/2021, formally constituting the ministry, with the decree backdated to 15 July 2021. |
| April 2021 | Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology was formed through the merger of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Research and Technology. |
| April 28 2021 | Nadiem Makarim was appointed as the first Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology through Presidential Decision No. 72/P/2021, marking the first cabinet reshuffle that disbanded and restructured cabinet institutions mid-term. |
| April 9 2021 | The People's Representative Council approved the proposal for the new ministry and the creation of the Ministry of Investment. |
| March 30 2021 | President Joko Widodo submitted a Presidential Letter to People's Representative Council proposing the merger of the Ministry of Research and Technology and the Ministry of Education and Culture into the new Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. |
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