Politap Establishes Partnership with Industry in Batam

The Directorate of Partnership and Alignment of Business and Industry, Directorate General of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education and Culture held a Focus Group Discussion and Cooperation Agreement Signing between Vocational Education Units and Industry, the Business World, and the World of Work in Batam City, Riau Islands, on 6–10 October 2020.

This event was part of the "5 Menara" Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Roadshow series involving all stakeholders, including representatives from vocational high schools (SMK), polytechnics, course and training institutions, local governments, KADIN, and the business and industrial world (DUDI), as a follow-up to the joint Memorandum of Understanding between the Minister of Education and Culture and the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) signed on 15 July 2020. Batam City was the first "menara" to carry out the program.

Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic), as one of the Partnership Mentoring Campuses collaborating with Politeknik Negeri Batam, Politeknik Negeri Ujung Pandang, Politeknik Negeri Bengkalis, Politeknik Negeri Banyuwangi, Politeknik Negeri Bangka Belitung, Politeknik Negeri Cilacap, and Politeknik Negeri Payakumbuh, participated in the Focus Group Discussion. For this event, Politeknik Negeri Ketapang sent Vice Director for Academic Affairs Adha Panca Wardhanu, Head of Department of Mining Engineering Herman, and Head of Department of Informatics Engineering Eka Wahyudi. On this occasion, Politeknik Negeri Batam collaborated with PT. Cladtek Bi-Metal Manufacturing and the Bintan Resort Foundation. Through this activity, it is expected to accelerate the implementation of vocational education revitalization policies and stimulate the realization of partnerships and alignment between the business and industrial world and vocational education units across five provinces designated as "pillars" as a model for implementing "link and match".