Questioning the Benefits of Preemployment Cards
An old idiom says that it is better to teach someone to fish than it is to give them a fish. It seems that this concept is the basis for the government’s Pre-employment Card program.
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People register online through the website prakerja.go.id for the preemployment card program at a command post of the East Java Manpower and Transmigration Agency in Surabaya, East Java, on Monday (13/4/2020). By joining the preemployment card, participants will get free training and Rp 3.55 million each for four months.
An old idiom says that it is better to teach someone to fish than it is to give them a fish. It seems that this concept is the basis for the government’s Pre-employment Card program. This program was introduced on the basis that it is better than giving social aid for direct cash that can either be misused or spent too quickly.
Nevertheless, since the program’s inception, debates have ensued on the tender process, which some believe is not in line with the government’s goods and services procurement policy. The problem is that the tender process for learning service providers in the program began in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Based on the plan, the program was to begin in January 2020.