The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) continues to align the curriculum in Vocational High School (SMK) with the needs of the business world and industry (DU / DI) as part of the main agenda of SMK Revitalization. Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy expects more and more vocational schools to utilize the teaching factory to train students to work properly with professional production of goods / services according to DU / DI standards.
"Teaching factory, will
produce products or services that meet industry standards, then it can be sold
and become part of the school's income as well.At least, children learn to
produce according to standards and manage a production unit," said
Mendikbud in the opening of technical assistance Teaching Factory organized by
Directorate of Vocational Development, in Kudus, Central Java, Thursday
(28/06/2018).
The SMK Revitalization
Program, started in 2017, targeted 219 schools throughout Indonesia. As many as
114 SMK have received teaching factory development aid in 2017, while the rest
of 105 SMKs realized in 2018. "In 2018 Kemendikbud will add more 350
schools to be revitalized, so that there will be around 569 schools in
total," explained Director of Vocational Education, M. Bakrun.
Teaching aids program is not
limited to public vocational schools, but also for private SMK. The most important
requirement is that the prospective recipient vocational school already has the
potential of teaching factory. "For example, SMK already has a laboratory
or workshop, but still not feasible, then assistance can be used to improve to
fit industry standards," explained Director of Vocational Education.
Kemendikbud Encourage
State-owned SMKs to Become BLUDs
In his speech in front of
the heads of school beneficiaries of Vocational Revitalization Program,
Mendikbud encouraged SMK Government with teaching factory to become the
Regional Public Service Agency (BLUD). And SMK with BLUD status must have close
partnership with industry or service. "The curriculum can be determined
with companies that are invited as partners, up to 60 percent," he said.
During this time, according
to Mendikbud, quite a lot of SMK with a teaching factory that is quite advanced
to operate like an industry. In order for income earned from the sales of
factory teaching production is not categorized as a deviation of financial
management it is necessary to encourage SMK with teaching factory to BULD.
"Hopefully this year
the ministerial regulation on the formation of BLUD for the state vocational
school has been completed," said Muhadjir.
With the management of SMK
by the provincial government, Mendikbud hopes that the soon issued ministerial
regulations related to the formation of BLUD can be followed up with governor
regulation. Believed Mendikbud, teaching factory teaching process can encourage
the productivity of both students, teachers, and schools as a whole because
competing each other to deliver their respective products / services.
Strengthening Character
Through Teaching Factory
Teaching Factory is a
bridging program between schools with industrial or business world that have
similarities in the field of skills. So the program will educate students of
SMK in order to be able to produce goods or services like a company.
Director of Vocational
Education revealed that teaching factory plays an important role for character
education of vocational students. Learning in the teaching factory is meant to
train students not only skillfully and competently, but also to have a mental
attitude and character that suits the needs of the industry. Learning through
the teaching factory, is believed to be able to develop work ethic as well as
the character of discipline, responsibility, honest, cooperation, and
leadership of learners; which is needed by business world and industrial world.
Vocational learning through
teaching factories is also considered to improve the quality of learning
outcomes, rather than equip competencies (based on competency-based training)
to learning that provides the ability to produce goods / services
(production-based training).
"Many industries only
want to get the workforce that suits their needs, but do not want to invest.
So, this teaching factory program can be a bridge to link and match between
school and industry, "explained M.Bakrun.
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