Island focus: New game app for anticorruption drive

The Jakarta Post, 20 July 2016. As a part of corruption-prevention efforts, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) launched an anticorruption game for teenagers in junior and senior high schools at Makassar City Hall in South Sulawesi on Tuesday.

The game is called Lima Jodoh (Majo), or five mates, for juniors, and includes five categories, namely corrupt behavior, gratuities, kickbacks, money laundering and anticorruption behavior.



The game was intentionally launched during the student orientation period (MOS) to introduce a game that aims to promote anticorruption values among youths. 

“We want to show teenagers and children what corruption looks like in order for them to be able to recognize the dangers and threats of corruption, so that anticorruption values and behavior can be developed from an early age in a fun way [...],” said acting KPK spokesperson Yuyuk Andriati Iskak.



The game is a continuation of the Nine Values of Anti-Corruption (Semai) game targeting elementary school, kindergarten and preschool students, involving the “I Am An Anticorruption Woman” (SPAK) figure, who offers the game to schools, as well as becoming the facilitator.



Makassar SPAK agent Ema Husain said corruption continued to occur in the school environment. “We still find corruption in schools, for example, students treating friends who help them do their homework or teachers and administrative staff being bribed to increase scores and facilitate administrative affairs. This is the reason we introduce anticorruption values early on,” she added.

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