Proven To Be Successful And According To Regulations, The Pre-Employment Card Program Will Continue To Be Developed
Main Expert Staff of the Presidential Staff Office, Edy Priyono, stated that the Pre-Employment Card Program has complied with the regulations. (photo: : Presidential Staff Office)

Jakarta - The Main Expert of the Presidential Staff Office, Edy Priyono, stated that the achievement of the Pre-Employment Card Program has proven to be successful and runs according to the rules. The indications can be seen in the past two years, the Pre-Employment Card program has reached 12.8 million people. This number was filtered from 115 million registrants throughout the country, and 84 million were verified.

This proves that the implementation of the Pre-Employment Card program has been carried out according to the rules. "Be it the Presidential Decree, the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs and the Regulation of the Minister of Finance," said Edy, in a release received by VOI, in Jakarta, Saturday, June 18.

The implementation of the pre-employment program itself is regulated in three regulations. Namely, Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 76/2020 and Coordinating Minister for the Economy No. 3/2020 concerning Work Competency Development through the Pre-Employment Card Program, as well as Minister of Finance Regulation (PMK) No. 35/2020 concerning Procedures for Allocation, Budgeting, Disbursement, Accountability of Card Funds. Pre-employment.

According to Edy, the government continues to work to improve the Pre-Employment Card program. Both in terms of technical and governance. It is hoped that the program that provides access to skills for prospective workers is truly right on target and the benefits are felt.

Edy also mentioned the survey results regarding the benefits of the Pre-Employment Card. Citing an evaluation survey for 2020-2022, he explained that the program, which was one of President Jokowi's campaign promises, had provided three benefits.

For example, alleviating unemployment, being an incentive for business capital, and increasing competence, competitiveness, productivity, and entrepreneurship.

"Those who used to be unemployed are now working 30 percent, 70 percent for business capital, and 89 percent for increasing competence," he explained.

Seeing the enormous benefits of the Pre-Employment Card program, continued Edy, President Joko Widodo has given directions to continue to develop and provide assistance so that the impact can be wider. "KSP will certainly oversee it together with the relevant ministries/institutions," said Edy.


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