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        "id": 1696031,
        "msgid": "ministry-of-manpower-shifts-vocational-training-direction-focusing-on-needs-of-sezs-and-national-strategic-1777013619",
        "date": "2026-04-23 15:28:25",
        "title": "Ministry of Manpower Shifts Vocational Training Direction, Focusing on Needs of SEZs and National Strategic Projects",
        "author": "Teuku Muhammad Valdy Arief",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Ministry of Manpower is redirecting vocational training to better align with the workforce requirements of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and National Strategic Projects (NSPs), addressing gaps between training outputs and industrial demands. The 2026 National Vocational Training Programme will prioritise skills matching for these areas, including industry-based internships, with an initial quota of 60,000 participants across 25 SEZs. This initiative aims to ensure graduates are directly employable, enhancing absorption into the job market and supporting national economic development.",
        "content": "<p>The government is beginning to shift the direction of vocational\ntraining to make it more aligned with industrial needs. This step is\nbeing taken after identifying gaps between training graduates and\nworkforce requirements in Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Minister of\nManpower Yassierli stated that the 2026 National Vocational Training\nProgramme (NVP) will be focused on supporting workforce needs in SEZs\nand National Strategic Projects (NSPs). \u201cSo we want the vocational\ntrainings we conduct, including internships later, to be more matched,\ncloser to the needs of SEZs or NSPs,\u201d Yassierli said at the Coordinating\nMinistry for Economic Affairs office on Thursday (23\/4\/2026). \u201cSo there\nare SEZs that say, \u2018hey, we need training directed here\u2019, but the\ncentres under the Ministry of Manpower are not fully ready, or too far\nfrom our needs,\u201d he added. The government is now beginning to map\nindustrial needs in more detail. Cross-ministerial coordination is also\nbeing strengthened, including with the Coordinating Ministry for\nEconomic Affairs and SEZ managers. The new scheme is directed so that\ngraduates are directly absorbed into the workforce. Industry-based\ninternship programmes are one of the main focuses. The government is\npreparing a quota of around 60,000 vocational training participants. The\ninternship programme will be placed in 25 SEZs with various industrial\nsectors. \u201cSo those we train vocationally can directly work, including\npreparations when the internship is implemented, we also want the\nparticipants to gain real industry experience,\u201d Yassierli said. \u201cBecause\nwe also want this 2026 internship, when rolled out, to be evenly\ndistributed throughout Indonesia. As distribution, there are a total of\n25 SEZs, with all kinds of variations,\u201d he emphasised. In the initial\nstage, NVP Batch I 2026 has been followed by 10,405 participants. This\nprogramme is spread across 21 Training Centres (TCs), 13 training units\nunder the Directorate General of Vocational Training and Productivity\nDevelopment, and 46 Regional Technical Implementation Unit TCs (TIU).\n\u201cThis programme is designed to link and match with industrial needs. Our\nfocus is to improve skills so that graduates can be absorbed into the\nworkforce,\u201d Yassierli said. The government hopes this new approach will\ntransform the function of vocational training. Graduates will not stop\nat certificates. Graduates are expected to directly enter the job\nmarket, especially in industrial areas that are still short of\nready-to-use labour.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ministry-of-manpower-shifts-vocational-training-direction-focusing-on-needs-of-sezs-and-national-strategic-1777013619",
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