National Insight Learning at SB Sembilan, Puchong Perdana Malaysia

Umi Safiul Ummah, Sinta Yuni Susilawati, Putra Hilmi Pratiyno, Naurah Salsabila, Triya Valentina

In order to support point 4 of SDGs, namely Excellent Education, the Community Service activity in collaboration with partner, which is Sanggar Bimbingan Bintang Sembilan in Puchong Perdana, Malaysia, is expected to implement point 4 of SDGs, namely Excellent Education. This activity was carried out in order to help improve national insight or general knowledge to immigrant children at Sanggar Bimbingan Bintang Sembilan in Puchong Perdana, national insight itself is important to know for all children to foster a sense of love for the homeland, strengthen unity, maintain national identity and also build social awareness. The implementation of this activity was carried out for 3 consecutive days with various series of activities. The implementation of this Service was carried out from 4 to 7 August 2025. The implementation of the activity itself was designed in 3 stages, namely the initial stage or pretest, the post-test and at last the evaluation. In addition, in the implementation of this activity, there was also a session for delivering material on Indonesian national insight which included an introduction to Pancasila, along with the symbols of Pancasila, an introduction to the names of Indonesian heroes, and an introduction to the Provinces in Indonesia, as this material is the most basic material that needs to be known as an initial foundation for understanding national insight.

In the first stage of the implementation of this community service activity, a pretest was carried out. This activity itself was carried out to determine the initial abilities of children at Sanggar Bimbingan Bintang Sembilan in Puchong Perdana. The children involved in this activity were children aged 7-12 years or elementary school age, totalling approximately 40 children with different levels. The pretest showed that the average In the first stage of the implementation of this community service activity, a pretest was carried out. This activity itself was carried out to determine the initial abilities of children at Sanggar Bimbingan Bintang Sembilan in Puchong Perdana. The children involved in this activity were children aged 7-12 years or elementary school age, totalling approximately 40 children with different levels. The pretest showed that the average understanding among the children was still 60% on Indonesian National Insight. Therefore, from the results of the pretest, it was necessary to deliver material on National Insight. The delivery of material was carried out on the same day but at different times. If the pretest was carried out in the morning until noon, the delivery of material was carried out in the afternoon session after the break. The material delivery session was carried out as interesting as possible interspersed with games and also singing together as well as active discussions and questions and answers.   

  

Figure 2: Presentation of the first topic

Figure 3: After the presentation session for the second and third topics

Figure 4: Singing the National Anthem of Indonesia

Figure 5: Group discussion to design traditional games activity

The next stage, namely the post-test and evaluation, were carried out on the 2nd day. The implementations of the post-test were significantly reflected in the increase of the output. The children had begun to understand the basic knowledge of Indonesian national insight. The results of the post-test showed a significant increase of 87% which means that the children were able to understand the materials on nationality that had been given by the facilitators. For the evaluation activity, it was carried out together with all participants including the administrators of Sanggar Bimbingan Bintang Sembilan in Puchong Perdana along with the teachers who helped with the activity, the facilitators, and the children. The results of the joint evaluation showed that the children were very enthusiastic to participate in the learning activities about national insight to get to know the Indonesian nation more closely and more thoroughly. The implementation of community service activities is expected to have a positive impact on all parties, especially for immigrant children living in Malaysia to get to know their national identity as a whole.

Figure 6: souvenir giveaway