Universitas Negeri Padang (UNP) has again launched SUPER, the School and University Partnership program, to support SDG 4: Quality Education through collegial collaboration between universities and schools.
Now in its second year at UNP, the program was initiated by Sub Direktorat Inovasi Pembelajaran, PJJ dan RPL, Direktorat Akademik. The event took place on February 12–13, 2026, at Teaching & Learning UNP SUPER Labs, Gedung MKU B, on UNP’s main Air Tawar campus.
UNP Rector Krismadinata, Ph.D., represented by Academic Director Abror, ME., Ph.D., expressed appreciation to the organizers and the 50 participants, who included lecturers, teachers, and undergraduate and master’s students. The Rector’s remarks, delivered by the Academic Director, emphasized concern for educational quality, lifelong learning, and UNP’s continued focus on educational research as a PTNBH institution whose core work is education.
Dr. Nofrion, M.Pd., Head of Sub Direktorat Inovasi Pembelajaran, PJJ dan RPL, introduced SUPER as a national program initiated by UNP and a distinctive part of its contribution to lesson study in Indonesia and internationally. Dr. Nofrion explained that UNP provides opportunities for its alumni of the 2013–2019 STOLS JICA Japan program to develop Lesson Study for Learning Community and Learning Improvement in universities and schools, as part of UNP’s effort to make a wider contribution.
In 2025, Dr. Nofrion was appointed Secretary General of Pengurus Pusat ALSI for the 2025–2028 term.
SUPER Batch 1 in 2026 featured Ikhwanul Furqon, S.Pd.Gr., CPS., C.PST, CMT & C.TCC, a Duta Teknologi Kemdikdasmen, a recipient of a microcredential scholarship from “The University of Sidney,” Australia, and an alumnus of technical training in artificial intelligence at Tiangong University, China. Ikhwanul Furqon teaches at SMAN 7 Kabupaten Kerinci and in the distance-learning program at Sekolah Indonesia Yanggon, Myanmar.
The second speaker was Sylvia Anggraini, M.Pd., a teacher at SMPN 17 Padang and the recipient of the 2025 Best Teacher award in Kota Padang.
Marlin, M.Pd., Principal of SMP Pembangunan Laboratorium UNP, described the activity as positive and productive. The principal highlighted collegiality: lecturers, teachers, and students participated on equal terms as members of a learning community. This atmosphere encouraged participants to share ideas and possible solutions to the problems under discussion.
Wafiq Mahmudi, S.Pd., and Juliandito Ilyas, S.Pd., from SMAN 1 Kota Solok, likewise emphasized the opportunity for collaboration across subjects, allowing participants to exchange perspectives and deepen their shared understanding.
Idra Putri, M.Pd., from MTsN 1 Kota Padang, thanked UNP for the opportunity to participate. The participant noted that madrasahs under Kemenag also need partners for dialogue and collaboration to improve education and learning.
