'Multiple Education Program not fully implemented yet'<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman
\nDjojonegoro said the Multiple Education Program, which provides
\nstudents with apprenticeship opportunities, was "a bottle that is
\nhalf full".<\/p>\n
"It has not been optimally implemented yet," he said when
\nopening a two-day workshop held by the National Council for
\nVocational Education yesterday to evaluate the program's
\neffectiveness.<\/p>\n
Started in 1994, the program aims to link private industry and
\nsecondary vocational schools, which equip students with the basic
\nskills and experience demanded by the Indonesian job market.<\/p>\n
Under the program's current criteria the students receive on-
\nthe-job training for three to six months while at the schools.<\/p>\n
Of the 1.5 million students at 721 state-owned secondary
\nvocational schools, 8 percent, or 125,000 students, were placed
\nin 20,000 training centers last year, he said.<\/p>\n
This year's target aims to place 200,000 students in 30,000
\ntraining centers, he said.<\/p>\n
Wardiman lamented that many were companies reluctant to give
\nstudents opportunities to train because they saw the program as a
\nburden.<\/p>\n
"The program reflects the government and public's
\ndetermination to develop the quality of human resources and we
\nwould like participating companies to encourage other companies
\nto participate," he said.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce Aburizal Bakrie
\nsaid the government allowed companies that offered apprenticeship
\nopportunities to set their participation costs against tax as an
\nincentive to participate.<\/p>\n
Aburizal, also chairman of the National Council for Vocational
\nEducation, said the council would appeal to the government to
\noffer tax deductions to company staff assigned to train the
\nstudents.<\/p>\n
The seminar was attended by 400 people, including vocational
\nschool principals and representatives from participating
\ncompanies and related institutions. (01)<\/p>",
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