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The Ministry of Industry has established cooperation in industrial vocational education and training with the Malikal Zentrum Institute (MZI), which is a representative of the German Senior Expert Service (SES) institution in Indonesia. This collaboration was confirmed in the signing of a memorandum of understanding regarding the development of industrial vocational education and training, which was represented by the Industrial Human Resources Development Agency,atthe Ministry of Industry.

Head of the Industrial Human Resources Development Agency, Masrokhan in Jakarta on Thursday (4/4) explained that this collaboration aims to ensure that human resources produced by the Ministry of Industry's vocational education unitare able to enter the German labor market. Furthermore,byimprovingthe competence of teaching staff, expertise sharing is carried out, includingskills from German experts through the SES and Ausbildung programs facilitated by MZI.

Masrokhanadded that the scope of the collaboration included preparatory training to take part in the Ausbildung program in Germany for alumni of vocational education units. Meanwhile, Ausbildung is a program to produce professional human resources, according to the latest industry standards in Germany.The duration of the Ausbildung program isaboutthree years, depending on the major or field of expertise taken. Healso said thatthere are 348 Ausbildung majors or areas of expertise that can be followed by training participants. During the program, participants are guided by professional Meister-certified mentors and at the middle and end of the program, participants are required to take a competency exam to ensure their skills meet German industry standards.Masrokhan hopes that this collaboration can be a pioneer for other collaborations to improve the quality of industrial vocations in Indonesia.