Evaluation of Vocational School Revitalization Program in West Jawa
Agus Setiawan (a*), I. Wayan Ratnata (b), Sugiyanto (c)
a)Department of Mechanical Enginerring Education, Universitas Pendidikan,
Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229 Bandung Indonesia 40154
*agus_setiawan[at]upi.edu
b) Department of Electrical Engineering Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia,
Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229 Bandung Indonesia 40154
c) Technology and Vocational Education Study Program, School of Post Graduate Studies, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229 Bandung Indonesia 40154
Abstract
Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 9 year 2016 concerning the Revitalization of Vocational Schools (SMK) aims to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian human resources. This study aims to evaluate the policy and implementation of SMK revitalization, in West Java. Data were collected by questionnaire and interview. The results showed that a national vocational education revitalization road map has been produced. In 2018, all provinces are targeted to have a provincial level vocational education revitalization road map as a translation of the national level road map, but at the operational level the implementation is still experiencing obstacles. One of the SMK revitalization programs is mentoring program of SMK. This program has been implemented in 125 SMKs in 2017 and 219 SMKs in 2018, in the expertise areas of maritime, agribusiness and agrotechnology tourism, arts and creative industries, technology and engineering, business and management. From the number of SMKs there are 21 SMKs in West Java. Revitalization of SMK covers the following aspects: curriculum development, learning innovation, development of SMK teachers and education personnel, school collaboration with Industries and enterprises (DUDI) and higher educatation institution, standardization of main facilities and infrastructure, and institutional management. In general, the implementation of revitalization in 21 SMKs in West Java ran smoothly and contributed to the improvement of SMK quality in the six aspects of revitalization with varying achievements. The most prominent aspect is strengthening cooperation with DUDI for curriculum alignment, and enhancing student and teacher competences.
Keywords: Evaluation, vocational school, revitalization
Topic: Technical and Vocational Education