JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said employment issues are still a central issue amid economic uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other global factors. due to the pandemic in the last two years, as well as other global factors," said Ma'ruf at the Vocational Training for Advanced Indonesia at the Vocational and Productivity Training Center (BPVP) West Bandung, West Java, Wednesday, March 23. BPS), he said Indonesia's unemployment rate from August 2020 to March 2021 increased from 5.2 percent to around 7 percent. In addition, Indonesia also still needs more than 100 million skilled workers, so that the demographic bonus opportunity can bring Indonesia into a high-income country. high."A skilled workforce with high productivity is one of the key drivers of the sector potential industries to create quality economic growth. The development of superior human resources and skilled workers is in close contact with the world of education and training," he explained. Good quality education will produce human resources who have advanced and productive views, so that they will be able to improve living standards, he said. Thus, the provision of vocational training is a form of good education. can be implemented and is no less important for the world of work. Vocational education and training policies also have an effect on improving the quality of the workforce, he said. Through the BPVP program, he hopes to produce workers with practical skills and ready to work in various industries.
"And the success of vocational training at BLK will also have a positive effect on reducing unemployment, including the progress of various industries," he said. In addition, he asked that link and match solutions to overcome labor problems continue to be prioritized.
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