Language Development and Fostering Agency

The Language Development and Fostering Agency (Indonesian: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa), formerly Language Center (Pusat Bahasa) is the institution responsible for standardizing and regulating the Indonesian language in Indonesia. It is currently under Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia.

History

The agency was founded in 1947 as the Language and Culture Research Institute (Dutch: Instituut voor Taal en Cultuur Onderzoek, 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 (Indonesian: Balai Bahasa) 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 (Indonesian: Lembaga Bahasa dan Budaya). Seven years later, on June 1, 1959, the division was renamed the Division of Language and Literature (Lembaga Bahasa dan Kesusastraan), and was moved under the Department of Education, Teaching and Culture.

On November 3, 1966, the division was again renamed to Directorate of Language and Literature (Direktorat Bahasa dan Kesusasteraan) 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 (Lembaga Bahasa Nasional, LBN) under the same Directorate General.

On April 1, 1975, the LBN was once again renamed to The Center of Language Learning and Research (Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, PPPB). Unofficially, the term Pusat Bahasa is used to refer to the PPPB, due to its lengthy name.[1]

Based on a 2000 Presidential Instruction, the PPPB was officially renamed to Language 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. Based on that act and a Presidential Regulation, the Language Centre was renamed the Language Development and Fostering Agency, and placed under the Ministry of Education and Culture.

The Agency 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.

References

  • Wawancara Kepala Pusat Bahasa Dr. Dendy Sugono: Penggunaan Bahasa Dalam Media. Media Watch The Habibie Center. No. 49/ 15 September - 15 Oktober 2006. (in Indonesian)
  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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