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The Indonesian government plans to update vocational education. Head of National Development Planning Agency, Bambang Brodjonegoro told the media in  Jakarta on Wednesday (21/2) that the update will be conducted from curriculum, infrastructure, school building until other supporting instruments. The purpose of the update is to produce as many as workers who are ready and have special skills.

“…It has become direction of the president that firstly, we must upgrade our vocational education, certainly from curriculum, infrastructure, school building, instruments until system of internship. Besides, we settle its vocation; we want to produce as many as workers who are ready to work skillfully and later the skills are from middle to high,” Bambang Brodjonegoro said.

Bambang Brodjonegoro added that vocational education is not enough for formal education. He views that there is a form of vocational education  whose base is not from formal education, such as  training centers and specific courses.  Competency-based certification also has an important role. With the certification,  employers can employ workers who have clear standard of skills. Bambang Brodjonegoro also said that the workers who receive certain competency certifications do not need to worry about not being absorbed by the employment.  Because they will enter the category of work that is not easily replaced by automation. (Rezha/trans-Yati)