Redesign of Vocational Education in Indonesia as a Discourse in the Future

Abstrak / Ringkasan

The purpose of the article is to give discourses on redesign in the area of Vocational Education and Training
(VET) in Indonesia to prepare graduates who will play a role in the global era. Professional education is a form
of education, where people are equipped with practical skills that will enable them to participate in careers that
include manual or practical skills. School-to-work represents a significant development of policies for
employment training. Development of technology and professional education shall consider the relationship
between multiple technocultural factors. These four factors: (1) labor (industrial relations), (2) changes in
technology (innovation), (3) organization of work (the work), and (4) formation of competences (skills). Rapid
changes in the economic, social and technology demand of society need to develop knowledge and skills on an
ongoing basis. So, they can live and work in creating a society. Education and training contribute to personal
development, increase productivity and incomes in the workplace, and encourage participations by all in the
economic and social life. Secondary school vocational and professional in Indonesia is an integral part of the
economic sectors that have contributed to the growth of national economy. So it is necessary to develop the
quantity and quality. The quality of vocational college/professional work will reflect the quality of Indonesian
worker that must be built to increase the competitive advantages of human resources in Indonesia. Responding to
public demand for high-level expertise and skills, it will be more effective to integrate general and vocational
education by providing basic knowledge enrichment in vocational education / vocational school to strengthen
more and more the power of thought to the graduates of vocational education in Indonesia. For the existing
systems we can prepare the discourse as follows: the implementation of vocational education and vocational
mainly carried out in eight semesters. First four semesters is for placing the basic knowledge and skills. Semester
5-6 are for placing them into majors and for the implementation of the UAS and UNAS. Semester 7-8 are to
enrich skills in industry/field and OJT, and tests of competence. Annexes redesign must be a way to prepare for
postgraduate vocational education/training in Indonesia through curriculum development, teaching, teacher
evaluation and partnership working world.

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