"Candidates aged 18 to 64 years old can register through www.prakerja.go.id independently, without representative or substitute," he said at a press conference.
Participants can join the training online or in a hybrid manner as stipulated within Presidential Regulation No.113 of 2022.
A meeting of job creation committee has decided that in 2023, pre-employment will be carried out under the normal scheme and will no longer be semi-social aid in nature, he informed.
Hence, the program will focus more on skill improvement with a higher training cost portion than incentives, he added.
The training quota has been limited to 10 thousand participants, adjusting to the number of programs that can be provided by the training institutions curated by the pre-employment card management.
In the future, the quota will be increased gradually as the number of training providers increases.
"The government has urged quality training institutions to participate in the training provider selection, especially training institutions in central and eastern Indonesia, specifically in very open cities, which are Pontianak, Makassar, Kupang, and Jayapura," Hartarto said.
Training institutions seeking to become Pre-Employment Card program providers can contact digital platforms cooperating with the program, such as the government-owned platform Siap Kerja, to participate in the selection.
Training participants who want to wait for more diverse training programs can register in the next batch.
"This is because there is a time limit for training balance spending for participants. Thus, participants who want to participate in more diverse training can join the next batch," the minister explained.
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