"These awards are not a competition among DUDI, but an appreciation from the government to industry and business players who have partnered with (the government)," the Ministry's Director General of Vocational Education, Wikan Sakarinto, said in a written statement here on Sunday.
It is not difficult to establish partnership but it is also not easy to create partnership matching model, he said adding the particularity of vocational education is the value of link and match, which is attested by partnerships.
"Through the DUDI Awards, we laud DUDI and the associations that have contributed and dedicated to (developing) vocational education," he explained.
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In the event, the Ministry bestowed DUDI awards upon 40 selected companies that have shown their commitments to the development of vocational education in the country.
During the nomination period, 420 vocational education units (schools and polytechnics) nominated 360 companies and industries for the DUDI awards. .
"This means that the education units already witness the implementation and benefits of the link and match program with its DUDI partners," Sakarinto pointed out.
Furthermore, he has asked courses and training institutions (LKPs) to help produce skilled labor force that meets the industrial needs. Hence, the industrial world is not only supported by the graduates of formal education but also non-formal ones.
One of the companies that won the award was state electricity firm PT PLN. "We offer the learning facilities and utilities that are related to practice method," Executive Vice President of Corporate Communication and CSR PLN Agung Murdifi has said here earlier.
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