Mechanical Engineering Ready to Implement Project-Based Learning

On Thursday, 14 April 2022, an evaluation meeting on the implementation of Project-Based Learning in the Informatics Engineering and Agroindustry study programs was held in the Director's meeting room. The meeting was attended by the Director, Vice Directors, Head of the Informatics Engineering Department, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Agroindustry Study Program Coordinator, and lecturers who participated in the activity at Politeknik Negeri Batam.

The Director stated that Project-Based Learning is part of the Performance Agreement on the third strategic objective and Key Performance Indicator (IKU) 3.2. Through PBL, a blend of hard skills and soft skills can be achieved, which will boost lecturer productivity in research, community service (PKM), and intellectual property rights (HAKI).

Endang stated that the implementation of PBL in the Informatics Engineering and Agroindustry Study Programs has taken into account the 5 M management elements (Men, Money, Materials,  Machines, and Methods) and that his team has encouraged and taken steps to support the planning, organizing, directing, and supervising of PBL. According to Endang, PBL can enhance branding and partnership productivity. On this occasion, the Mechanical Engineering Study Program also announced that it will implement PBL starting in the odd semester of the 2022/2023 academic year in stages, so Endang hopes that this year three study programs will implement PBL, namely Informatics Engineering, Agroindustry, and Mechanical Engineering.