Vocational Education Quality

KOMPAS/HENDRA A SETYAWAN

Fachri Muzaki, a student at Bogor’s SMK 1 Ciomas vocational senior high school, develops an animated film character on 13 Feb. 2019 during the 2019 National Education and Culture Consultation at the Education and Culture Ministry’s Education and Training Center in Depok, West Java. Revitalizing vocational education programs to match the technological and other needs of businesses is one way to improve the quality of Indonesia’s human resources.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has reiterated the importance of improving the quality of Indonesian human resources through vocational education programs.

The President’s affirmation should be appreciated and should become a joint commitment. This commitment must also be supported by the awareness that vocational education should be a concrete effort towards improving the quality of human resources at secondary schools.