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Two lecturers from the Agroindustry Study Program, Adha Panca Wardanu, S.TP, MP and Irfan Cholid, SP, M.MA, participated in the 2018 Vocational Lecturer Retooling program organized by Ristekdikti. The activity was held for 5–6 weeks in Bogor and Bandung. This program is one of the initiatives to enhance the competence of vocational lecturers in 2018. In this program, Ristekdikti partnered with several host higher education institutions to provide training related to improving lecturer competence. The Food Quality and Safety competence training was held at SEAFAST-LPPM IPB Bogor, while the Logistics and Supply Chain Management competence training took place at Politeknik POS Indonesia Bandung.
According to Dr. Ir. Patdono Suwignjo, M.Eng.Sc (Director General of Institutional Affairs for Science, Technology, and Higher Education), as reported on the Ristekdikti vocational lecturer retooling website, “In the framework of implementing the Vocational Higher Education Revitalization Program, to realize vocational higher education that links and matches with the needs of the business and industrial world, the Directorate General of Institutional Affairs for Science, Technology, and Higher Education is organizing the 2018 Vocational Higher Education Lecturer Vocational Competence Retooling Scholarship Program to help improve the quality and capability of lecturers as an essential element in the development of higher education institutions. This program is a non-degree training activity through collaboration between the Directorate of Higher Education Institutional Development, the Directorate General of Institutional Affairs for Science, Technology, and Higher Education, and higher education institutions alongside their industry partners as training providers.”
Meanwhile, according to Adha Panca Wardanu, S.TP, MP, one of the participants in the food quality and safety competence training held at SEAFAST-LPPM IPB Bogor, “This activity is very beneficial for lecturers, especially myself, in enhancing competence, particularly in my area of expertise, which is food quality and safety. Hopefully, upon returning from this program, the skills acquired can be transferred to students so that they have qualified skills when entering the industry directly.” In a separate location, the same sentiment was shared by another participant, Irfan Cholid, SP, M.MA, who attended the Logistics and Supply Chain Management competence training at Politeknik POS Indonesia. According to him, besides enhancing competence, this activity also provided meaningful experience, particularly through direct practice in industry, as well as broadened insights related to his area of expertise.