FKIP – Three students from the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta managed to get a silver medal in the Management and Marketing category, as well as the Special Award Malaysia Innovation Invention Creativity Association (MIICA) in the 2022 International Youth Business Competition held organized by the Indonesia Young Scientist Association (IYSA).

Joined in a team, the three students were Akhmad Mukhibun from the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program (PBSI), Damar Sunanil Huda from the Mechanical Engineering Education Study Program (PTM), and Hasna Azzahra from the Biology Education Study Program. Apart from the three of them, there were two other team members, namely Enna Hasna Ainun Nuurul Ma’rifah from the Physics Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) UNS and Pradana Ricardo from the Indonesian Literature Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB) UNS.

Met by the fkip.uns.ac.id team on Sunday (4/24/2022), Mukhibun admitted that he was very happy with the results obtained. He said that the results of this achievement will be used as a spirit of achievement for them in the future.

“We are very happy and did not expect to win this international level competition. Moreover, we received a special award from Malaysia. This experience is an encouragement for us to continue to excel,” said Mukhibun.

Announced as the winner of the competition on Tuesday (12/4/2022) at BG Junction, Surabaya, they brought an idea in the form of the GoPule application. GoPule is an application that is used as a market workshop to support the sociopreneur of the woven bamboo community in Pule Hamlet, Wonogiri Regency. Mukhibun explained that this application is expected to be a solution to the problems of management systems and marketing techniques for woven bamboo products in Pule Hamlet.

“This innovation is motivated by the great potential in Pule Hamlet, Wonogiri, as a center for woven bamboo crafts, such as senik, tenggok, besek, tissue boxes, and the like. However, the community of woven bamboo craftsmen still has several problems including the management system and marketing techniques are not optimal. Therefore, this innovation was created with the hope of introducing, increasing marketing, and preserving woven bamboo products, “explained Mukhibun.

At the end of the interview session, Mukhibun and his team hope to develop the GoPule application into a ready-to-use application. With this development, they hope that this application can improve the economy of woven bamboo craftsmen in Pule Hamlet.

“Our next hope is to be able to develop GoPule into an application that is ready to use and can improve the economy of woven bamboo craftsmen in Pule Hamlet, Wonogiri,” concluded Mukhibun.

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Reporter: Rosantika Utami
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