Director Inaugurates Politap BEM Executives

The Director of Politap inaugurated the board members of the Student Executive Board (BEM) of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) for the 2019–2020 period. This inauguration serves as support for Politap students to play an active role at local, national, and international levels. In his remarks, the Director stated that student affairs programs within Politap include 1). Reasoning and creativity activities, 2). Student welfare activities, 3). Entrepreneurship activities, 4). Interests and talents activities, 5). Student organization activities, and 6). Workforce alignment activities.

Furthermore, the Director noted that for the 2019 Fiscal Year, reasoning and creativity activities will feature training for the Student Creativity Program (PKM), student participation in PKM programs, and other reasoning initiatives. For student welfare activities, efforts will be directed toward expanding scholarships for underprivileged and high-achieving students, as well as the provision of student housing. Entrepreneurship activities will be allocated to organizing competition-based entrepreneurship initiatives. For interests and talents activities, active participation of Politap students will be encouraged in Student Sports Week events at both provincial and national levels, participation in competitions in preparation for the 2020 National Porseni, and hosting the Gathering and Field Orientation for nature lovers across West Kalimantan. For student organizations, they are expected to bolster a positive image for the institution at regional and national levels, and for workforce alignment activities, partnerships will be established with industry to implement the dual system and competency tests across several study programs.