2 Professors Guide Politap Toward Institutional Accreditation

In connection with the implementation of the Higher Education Reputation Improvement Program, the Directorate General of Institutional Affairs, Science, Technology, and Higher Education conducted an Institutional Accreditation (APT) Visitation Simulation Mentoring for Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic). This event was held at Politeknik Negeri Ketapang on 6–8 November 2019. Present as the mentoring team were Prof. Vitus Dwi Yunianto and Prof. Johannes Hutabarat from Diponegoro University, along with Handika, a representative from the Directorate of Institutional Affairs.

This mentoring activity included discussions and explanations of the Self-Evaluation Report (LED) and the Higher Education Performance Report (LKPT), as well as other accreditation-related documents, provided by the Mentoring Team regarding the LED and LKPT completed by the Politap AIPT Team. The activity was attended by the Director, Vice Directors, Heads of Centers, Heads of Subdivisions, Heads of Departments, and Heads of Study Programs within Politeknik Negeri Ketapang.

Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, Endang Kusmana, who attended the 3 (three) day event in full, stated his commitment to achieving Higher Education accreditation in 2020 and reaccrediting several study programs to obtain better accreditation ratings; therefore, his institution is currently working to implement a better quality assurance system.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Center for Learning Development and Education Quality Assurance (P4MP) of Politap, Sy.Indra Septiansyah, added that this visitation simulation mentoring activity is part of a series of Technical Guidance sessions conducted by the Directorate General of Institutional Affairs, Science, Technology, and Higher Education since the first meeting in Jakarta (29–30 June 2019), the second meeting in Semarang (21–22 July 2019), the third meeting in Medan (4–5 August 2019), the fourth meeting in Surabaya (11–12 October 2019), and the fifth meeting in Surabaya (17–18 November 2019). According to him, Politap has greatly benefited from this technical guidance model, which details every step in completing the Higher Education Performance Report (LKPT) and the Self-Evaluation Report (LED) with guidance from experts in their fields.