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Indonesia to start 10 vocational schools this year
Indonesia is preparing to set up 10 vocational schools to provide quality training for employees for several strategic sectors in the country, a minister has said.
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Go vocational -- Research, Technology and Higher Education Minister Muhammad Nasir speaks to journalists in an event in Jakarta recently. (Antara/-)
Indonesia is preparing to set up 10 vocational schools to provide quality training for employees for several strategic sectors in the country, a minister has said.
"This year, we will build 10 vocational education institutions to pilot our projects to create ready-to-use human resources in the maritime, electronics, shipping, agriculture and manufacturing sectors," Research, Technology and Higher Education Minister Muhammad Nasir said at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday.
He said graduates of the vocational schools would be certified by an international certification agency so they could be employed abroad.
One of the vocational education pilot projects will be developed at the Indonesia State Merchant Maritime Polythechnic (PoliMARIN). PoliMARIN director Sri Tutor Rahayu said her institution was ready to support President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s central plan of turning Indonesia into a global maritime axis, as laid out in the President’S Nawacita development program.
"We will provide vocational education programs in logistics, maintenance of ship engines and off-shore work to support offshore drilling activities," she said.
The four-year-old polytechnic has been cooperating with universities from various countries such as New Zealand, Korea, Japan and Sweden.
President Jokowi said during his visit in Germany in April that he aimed to improve vocational education in Indonesia. During the visit, the President investigated the German vocational training system and signed a commitment to training and vocational education to enhance the quality of Indonesia’s human resources. (ebf)
