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PONTIANAK – Thursday (04/08/2022). The Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) conducted a working visit to the Teachers' Training and Education Institute (IKIP) PGRI Pontianak. This working visit was within the framework of a planned collaboration between Politap and IKIP PGRI regarding the implementation of Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM). The Director was welcomed by Vice Rector II Suherdiyanto, M.Pd and teaching staff involved in the research study on Vocational Education Development to Support the Reduction of Unemployment Rates.
Director of Politap, Endang Kusmana, conveyed the necessity of collaboration among various higher education institutions in implementing Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM), especially to complement vocational education. According to Endang, based on their visits to various remote areas in Ketapang Regency, communities in outermost regions are in dire need of teaching skills. Politap, which produces graduates with competencies in vocational fields, is ready to collaborate with IKIP PGRI.
Meanwhile, regarding the development of vocational education to support reducing unemployment rates, Politap is developing the "Politap Building Vocational Education from Villages" program through access villages, partner villages, and tourism villages. This initiative enhances the role of polytechnics, industry, and villages to reduce unemployment rates through the implementation of link and match. (Finan Su)