Director Promotes 'Politap Builds Vocational Education from Villages' to Ketapang Youth and Students

The Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) invited Ketapang youth and university student representatives affiliated with Muda Kayong to the Politap Campus on Tuesday, 15 September 2020. The meeting was attended by several Ketapang students studying at Politap, Untan, AMKI, Polnep, and other campuses. During this meeting, the Director presented the 'Politap Builds Vocational Education from Villages' program to Ketapang student and youth representatives.

'Politap Builds Vocational Education from Villages' is an effort by Politeknik Negeri Ketapang to enhance its role in improving the quality of vocational education with the industrial sector through village community empowerment. Building Vocational Education from Villages will be developed into four programs, namely:

1. Desa Unggul

A program to enhance Politap's role in strengthening relations between industry and villages through opening special classes for villagers living around industries with a jointly developed curriculum, shared resource utilization, lectures conducted under a dual system, and graduates recruited by industry.

2. Desa Sinergi

A program to enhance Politap's role in improving relations between vocational high schools (SMK), industry, and villages through opening SMK D-II or SMK Fast Track programs by establishing study programs for villagers around industries with a curriculum jointly developed by SMK, Politap, and industry, shared resource utilization, lectures conducted collaboratively between SMK, the polytechnic, and industry, and graduates recruited by industry.

3. Desa Akses

A program to enhance Politap's role in improving relations between Politap, industry, and villages through distance education for village residents with learning conducted directly in villages so that communities can connect online and gain quality education from the polytechnic, with industry playing a role in facilitating education delivery with a curriculum jointly developed by industry, villages, and Politap, alongside shared resource utilization (polytechnic, industry, and villages); this initiative is expected to increase the Gross Enrollment Ratio in Ketapang Regency.

4. Desa Wisata

A program to enhance Politap's role in improving the quality of the Higher Education Tri Dharma through the establishment of a Tourism Village supported by industry and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy.

Roni Bia Santo, representing Muda Kayong, expressed full support for Politap's programs and stated a commitment to collaborate with Politap in empowering village communities through initiatives aimed at improving the quality of village human resources.