33,785 Participants Complete KDKMP Training, 61 Withdraw

A total of 61 participants training to become managers of Red and White Village/Urban Ward Cooperatives (KDKMP) and Red and White Fishermen’s Villages (KNMP) did not complete the Sarjana Penggerak Pembangunan Indonesia (SPPI) programme.

Head of the Ministry of Defence’s Human Resources Development Agency, Major General Ketut Gede Wetan, said that in the first phase, 35,476 participants were allocated to undergo the training, comprising 30,000 prospective KDKMP managers and 5,476 prospective KNMP managers and operational staff.

“However, given the fairly complex dynamics during implementation, relating to venues and other matters under an open bidding or online system, the number enrolled at the opening of the training after recruitment was 33,846,” Ketut said at the Ministry of Defence office on Thursday (30 July).

He said the training would officially close on Friday (31 July), noting that 33,785 people had completed the programme.

“Between the opening and the finish, 61 of our colleagues were unable to continue,” he said.

He explained that several participants withdrew for health reasons. Others chose to resign because they decided to remain in their previous professions.

Meanwhile, around 40 participants who could not continue the training due to pregnancy will be given the opportunity to join the next wave of the programme.

“However, all of these decisions will be communicated by the central National Selection Committee for follow-up action on subsequent activities,” he said.