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Business 6 years ago
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From tech to automotive classes, government wants more industry training at vocational schools
The government plans to revitalize 550 SMKs by the end of the year, having allocated Rp 4.3 trillion (US$304.9 million) for the program following the revitalization of 300 vocational schools last year.
Opinion 6 years ago
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Vocational education needs bold reform
In the last several years, the country has seen an uncontrolled explosion of private vocational schools, for which the provincial administration had failed to carry out a proper feasibility study regarding demand and better quality schools that met at least the minimum educational standards.
Business 6 years ago
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Skills gap: Why education alone is not enough to land you a job in Indonesia
Unemployment rate for graduates of vocational high schools, which are meant to tailor students for specific jobs, is most alarming at 8.63 percent in February 2019, compared with 6.24 percent for university student graduates and 6.78 percent for high school graduates.
Opinion 7 years ago
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Vocational education: Matching needs for skills
Indonesia’s unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent in 2018 from 11.2 percent in 2005. Nevertheless, challenges in the labor market persist. In fact, the percentage of youth (aged 15 to 24 years) who are neither in school, nor working, nor undertaking training is still very high at 22.5 percent, an increase of 1.1 percentage points from the previous year and higher than the average rate of 13.1 percent in Southeast Asia.
