Coordinating Ministry For Human Development And Culture Reminds The Importance Of Synchronization Of Education And Employment Data
JAKARTA - The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (Kemenko PMK) said synchronization of education and employment data was needed because it became a reference to ensure employment by industry players in the country.
"Data maps, labor maps, education maps must really be synchronized," said Deputy for Coordination for Social Welfare Improvement at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture Nunung Nuryartono in an online discussion of the Merdeka Barat 9 Forum in Jakarta, Monday, February 5, which was confiscated by Antara.
Mapping is needed to determine for sure the needs of industries in Indonesia that will absorb labor, by projecting the dominance of productive age workers in the demographic bonus era in 2030-2045.
He explained that the interaction between the world of education and the business world is important to prepare skilled workers from upstream, namely education and provide students with internship opportunities to gain experience.
"If we look at the loop again from one map earlier, how we clean up the upstream, the curriculum is included," he said.
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The synchronization, he said, would also facilitate the introduction of the technological developments used by the industry, to ensure students were not left behind with the latest technological understanding sought by employers from job seekers.
The government encourages synchronization to be realized through Presidential Regulation Number 68 of 2022 concerning the Revitalization of Education and Vocational Training which emphasizes the synergy between the central and regional governments and the business world.
Data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) as of February 2023 shows that the largest open unemployment rate (TPT) still comes from the high school and vocational education levels, namely 8.41 percent of the total TPT in that month. The percentage was followed by 5.59 percent and 3.85 percent of graduates from junior high and elementary school.