Politap Holds Two Workshops for Bidikmisi Students

Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) (Ketapang State Polytechnic, POLITAP) continues its efforts to improve student quality and skills, this time by holding the 2019 English Workshop and Entrepreneurship Workshop. The workshop activity held is one of the development programs from the POLITAP Bidikmisi management. The English Workshop aims to improve students' English language skills so that they will be highly competitive in facing the Industrial Revolution 4.0. In addition, this English Workshop is a preparatory effort for Bidikmisi recipient students in facing the TOEFL test to be held by POLITAP for all new students. The English Workshop was held for 1 day on Saturday, 19 October 2019, on the 2nd floor of the POLITAP Directorate Building.

The Entrepreneurship Workshop aims to spark students' interest, particularly Bidikmisi recipients, in entrepreneurship. The Entrepreneurship Workshop activity was officially opened by the Vice Director for Student Affairs of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, Epriyandi. In his remarks, Epriyandi conveyed that Bidikmisi recipient students, whose study fees are funded by the government, are required to possess entrepreneurial skills so they can compete in facing the Industrial Revolution 4.0. Bidikmisi recipient students are expected to be independent after graduating from college, one way being through entrepreneurship so that they are able to create job opportunities. Thus, the Bidikmisi program promoted by the government can achieve its intended targets and objectives. The Entrepreneurship Workshop was held for 1 day on Saturday, 26 October 2019, on the 2nd floor of the POLITAP Directorate Building, featuring a speaker who is a successful business practitioner in Ketapang Regency.