Nadiem said, this program aims to increase students' interest in reading and literacy skills, which is one of the main goals of the Merdeka Belajar movement. "Through this program, we encourage teachers to utilize curated literary works as teaching materials for various subjects, not just Indonesian language. However, teachers still need to accompany the reading process carried out by students in order to explore the values contained in a literary work," said Nadiem in his statement, quoted on Thursday, May 30, 2024.

Deputy Chairman of NU Circle Ahmad Rizali reminded Nadiem not to spread scenes of sexuality in the school environment. "Indecent scenes that promote narratives of sexuality and sexual relations are highly inappropriate to be included in the national education curriculum. Nadiem must put an end to this recklessness. The government must uphold human dignity through fair and civilized education," said Ahmad, as seen from the post by X account, Head of Advocacy Division of the Association of Education and Teachers (P2G), Iman Zanatul Haeri.

The following is the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any HTML tags: "Undang-Undang Nomor 44 tahun 2008 tentang Pornografi mendefinisikan pornografi adalah gambar, sketsa, ilustrasi, foto, tulisan, suara, bunyi, gambar bergerak, animasi, kartun, percakapan, gerak tubuh, atau bentuk pesan lainnya melalui berbagai bentuk media komunikasi dan/atau pertunjukan di muka umum yang memuat kecabulan atau eksploitasi seksual yang melanggar norma kesusilaan dalam masyarakat."
"Ada nirnalar yang dilakukan Kemdikbud Ristek yaitu membuat panduan buku sastra masuk kurikulum yang ternyata banyak berisi buku yang mengandung konten kekerasan seksual brutal bahkan pedofilia dan LGTB," ujar Ahmad.

"Should all literary content that contains sexual violence, intercourse, and pornography be crossed out. By including pornographic works in the guidebook, the Ministry of Education and Culture is intentionally and officially promoting pornography in schools in Indonesia," said Ahmad. Ahmad urged the government, including the Prabowo-Gibran administration, to focus more on combating literacy ignorance by issuing a Presidential Regulation or Presidential Instruction on the Improvement of the Quality of Literacy and Numeracy in Basic and Secondary Education."

Head of the Curriculum Standards and Education Assessment Agency (BSKAP) of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Anindito Aditomo, ensures that they will make improvements regarding criticism of literary works included in the recommendation. "Since the launch of Literature in the Curriculum, it has received many positive responses and critical inputs. This is encouraging because it shows the enthusiasm and concern of various parties. We are currently processing all inputs as materials for improvement," said Anindito in his Instagram post @ninoaditomo.