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Agency for Language Development and Cultivation

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The Language Development and Fostering Agency (Template:Lang-id), formerly Language Center/Centre (Template:Lang-id) is the institution responsible for standardizing and regulating the Indonesian language as well as maintaining indigenous languages Indonesia. It is currently under the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia.

History

The agency was founded in 1947 as the Language and Culture Research Institute (Template:Lang-nl, ITCO), part of the University of Indonesia. It was headed by Prof. Dr. Gerrit Jan Held. Parallel to this, the newly formed Indonesian government, having just declared independence in 1945, created the Home of Language (Template:Lang-id) in March 1948. At that time, this organisation was under the Culture Division of the Ministry of Education, Teaching and Culture.

In 1952, both organisations were integrated into the Faculty of Literature at the University of Indonesia. The combined organisation was named the Division of Language and Culture (Template:Lang-id). Seven years later, on June 1, 1959, the division was renamed the Division of Language and Literature (Template:Lang-id), and was integrated into the Department of Education, Teaching and Culture.

On November 3, 1966, the division was again renamed to Directorate of Language and Literature (Template:Lang-id) under the Directorate General of Culture, which was itself under the Department of Education and Culture. On May 27, 1969, the directorate was renamed to Division of National Language (Template:Lang-id) under the same Directorate General.

On April 1, 1975, the LBN was once again renamed to The Center of Language Learning and Research (Template:Lang-id). Unofficially, the term "Pusat Bahasa" was used to refer to the PPPB due to its lengthy name.[1]

Due to a presidential order in 2000, the PPPB was officially renamed as the "Language Center/Centre", and placed under the Secretariat General of the Department of National Education.

In 2009, the Indonesian Government and People's Representative Council passed Law 24/2009 on the Flag, Language, State Symbol and National Anthem. Because of that act and a presidential order, the Language Center/Centre was renamed as Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa or the "Language Development and Fostering Agency", and placed under the Ministry of Education and Culture.

The Agency currently has a secretariat, four division heads, 12 sub-division heads, two central heads, six sector heads and 12 sub-sector heads, as well as a number of regional offices.

As of late 2019, the Agency has been renamed as Badan Pengembangan Bahasa dan Perbukuan.

References

  • Wawancara Kepala Pusat Bahasa Dr. Dendy Sugono: Penggunaan Bahasa Dalam Media. Media Watch The Habibie Center. No. 49/ 15 September - 15 Oktober 2006. Template:Id
  1. ^ Quinn, George. "Malay Language Bahasa Indonesia: The Indonesian Language". University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011. After independence the Language Commission went through several incarnations culminating in the establishment in 1975 of the Centre for Language Development (Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa usually shortened to Pusat Bahasa) under the Government's Department of National Education.
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