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Economy in brief: New polytechnics prepared to fill skills gap
The Industry Ministry plans to open six new polytechnics by 2019 in an effort to help fill the gap of skilled workers in the country’s manufacturing sector
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he Industry Ministry plans to open six new polytechnics by 2019 in an effort to help fill the gap of skilled workers in the country’s manufacturing sector.
The ministry’s training and education center head, Mujiyono, said the new education facilities would add to the existing 10.
“All the new polytechnics will adopt dual system that allows students to learn enough of both theory and practice,” he said recently.
The new polytechnics will be established in Semarang, Central Java, specialized in furniture; in Bantaeng, South Sulawesi, specialized in metal processing; in Dumai, Riau, specialized in palm oil processing; and in Batu Licing, South Kalimantan, for steel industry.
Two other polytechnics, which offer skill trainings to support miscellaneous sectors, will be built in Bintuni, West Papua and Sei Mangkei, North Sumatra.Businesses have highlighted difficulties to find manpower with proper skills despite at least 100 million workforces in the country.
Manufacturing sector needs 589,447 of workforce this year and the number will keep increasing to 619,732 people in 2019, the ministry’s data shows.
