"We are jointly formulating a road map toward competent Indonesia in 2030, one of which is regarding the strengthening of vocational education," chair of GNIK's steering committee, Yunus Triyonggo, said at the "National Collaboration" event here on Saturday.
GNIK is an association of hundreds of human resource (HR) practitioners from several companies in the country.
The road map that is currently being prepared contains a strategic plan that supports concrete steps to produce human resources who are qualified, competent, and meet the needs of the job market.
Triyonggo said that his organization wants to contribute to the improvement of the quality and competence of human resources nationally in all industry sectors, especially priority sectors, such as manufacturing, tourism, automotive, creative industry, and digital.
Meanwhile, chair of the GNIK's advisory committee, Achmad S. Ruky, said that Indonesian workers must be able to compete with workers from other countries such as China, India, Japan, and South Korea.
"We have human resources that have potential. What is needed is collaboration to design and implement intervention programs to create human resources that are skilled and ready to enter the world of business and the world of industry," he added.
On the same occasion, director general of vocational education at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Kiki Yuliati, said that the government has changed the fundamental policy related to vocational education through the Merdeka Curriculum (Independent Curriculum).
The curriculum provides opportunities for students to develop their potential and talent.
"We are very open and invite all parties to enter the education system to build the competence of the nation's children for a better future," she said.
She also invited industries to function as a "mini university" and collaborate together to strengthen vocational education.
At Saturday's event, GNIK launched the results of a survey regarding the qualities of national leadership, which involved 1,014 professional HR practitioners.
The results showed that the top five qualities of leaders were being progressive, demonstrating good leadership, being community-oriented, caring for others and being compassionate, and having a strong character or integrity.
Translator: Indriani, Raka Adji
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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