Increasing the Quality of Education in Vocational Schools Through Cooperation with Industry
- DOI
- 10.2991/978-2-38476-198-2_218How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Cooperation; Industry; Quality of Education; Vocational High School
- ABSTRACT
Vocational high school (SMK) cooperation with industry is a form of industry support in guaranteeing the quality of education in Indonesia. The program’s objectives include teaching graduates’ quality to meet the industry expectation and can compete in the current job market. This study used literature studies from various research journals and combined them into substantive theories for further discussion. The results stated that cooperation between SMK and industry must be continued and strengthened because technological developments change rapidly and impact the job market demands. The cooperation between Vocational School and industry begins with an MoU and then implementing special programs such as (1) synchronizing or aligning the Vocational School curriculum following the industrial needs, (2) apprenticeships for teachers in the industrial environment that are directly accompanied by competent and qualified instructors/experts from the industry, (3) implementing project-based learning that is linked to teaching factory learning and industrial-class learning, (4) implementing teaching factory learning to provide an authentic work atmosphere for students, (5) establishing industrial classes to strengthen students’ competencies, (6) fieldwork practices for students for 6–12 months in industrial environments, and (7) teaching industries for teachers and participants at school.
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TY - CONF AU - Yoto Yoto AU - Marsono Marsono AU - Didik Nurhadi AU - Agus Suyetno PY - 2024 DA - 2024/02/06 TI - Increasing the Quality of Education in Vocational Schools Through Cooperation with Industry BT - Proceedings of the 5th Vocational Education International Conference (VEIC-5 2023) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1534 EP - 1542 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-198-2_218 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-198-2_218 ID - Yoto2024 ER -