Politap's Link and (Super) Match for West Kalimantan's HDI

On Wednesday, 13 January 2021, at the Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) of West Kalimantan Province, a meeting of Polytechnic Directors across West Kalimantan took place, attended by the Director of Politap, the Director of Polnep, and the Director of Poltesa, along with the Secretary General of Apvokasi West Kalimantan.  The meeting was chaired by the Head of the Regional Development Planning Agency of West Kalimantan Province, Ir. Yuslinda, MM., accompanied by division heads and sub-division heads within Bappeda West Kalimantan.

All Polytechnic Directors were given the opportunity to present programs and potentials to Bappeda, which would subsequently be submitted to the Governor. Endang Kusmana, the Director of Politap, presented the program "Politap Builds Vocational Education from Villages." Endang, accompanied by Vice Director for Academic Affairs Adha Panca Wardanu, explained that Politap building vocational education from villages is an initiative to strengthen link and match. Endang noted that the program he designed is a "Link and Super Match" because it engages industry, villages, local government, and vocational education institutions, namely Polytechnics and SMKs.

Endang explained that Politap Builds Vocational Education from Villages encompasses  Desa Unggul, namely  a program to increase Politap's role in enhancing relations between industry and villages by opening special classes for villagers living around industries with a co-developed curriculum, shared resources, dual-system lectures, and graduates recruited by industry, Desa Sinergi a program to increase Politap's role in enhancing relations among SMKs, industry, and villages by establishing D2 Fast Track SMKs through the opening of study programs for villagers living around industries with a curriculum jointly developed by SMKs, Politap, and industry, shared resources, lectures conducted jointly by SMKs, Polytechnics, and industry, and graduates recruited by industry, Desa Akses, a program to increase Politap's role in enhancing relations among Politap, industry, and villages through distance education for villagers with learning delivered in the villages so that villages can connect online and residents receive quality polytechnic education, while industry helps facilitate the delivery of education with a curriculum co-developed by industry, villages, and Politap, using shared resources (Polytechnics, industry, and villages); this initiative is expected to improve the Gross Enrollment Ratio in Ketapang Regency and Desa Wisata a program to increase Politap's role in enhancing the quality of the Higher Education Tri Dharma through the development of Tourism Villages supported by industry and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. “Politap Builds Vocational Education from Villages represents the implementation of link and super match to improve West Kalimantan's Human Development Index,” Endang said.