JAKARTA - The Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (Menkop UKM) Teten Masduki invites students from the University of Muhammadiyah Cirebon (UMC) in West Java to become entrepreneurs and create jobs after finishing college.
"We are currently traveling around the campus, to prepare younger students, so that they are no longer looking for work but are job creators," said Teten in Cirebon, West Java, Saturday, July 16, quoted from Antara.
According to him, every year there are 1.7 million new graduates. While the workforce is 3.5 million, the business world can only absorb 2 million.
Thus, students who incidentally have high knowledge need to open up job opportunities, do not continue to look for work.
However, continued Teten, the latest survey shows that the average student no longer wants to find a job, but 70 percent want to be an entrepreneur.
"According to the survey, only 30 percent will look for work. It was proven when the survey was conducted at UMC, where on average they wanted to be entrepreneurs," he said.
Teten also advised that the campus can create students as entrepreneurs or "entrepreneurs" by slowly changing the curriculum.
Because, currently there are not many "entrepreneurs" in Indonesia, even though, said Teten, entrepreneurs in developed countries can reach 12-14 percent.
"Campuses should no longer prepare private or government employees, but students should be prepared to become entrepreneurs," said Teten.
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