Director General of Vocational Education (Dirjen Diksi) Dr. Ir. Kiki Yuliati M.Sc inaugurated the Administrator and Supervisory Officers at the Madiun State Polytechnic (PNM) on Tuesday (20/06) in Building C Campus 2 PNM. Apart from the Director General of Diction, the inauguration ceremony was also attended by the Academic Director of Vocational Higher Education, Dr. Beny Bandanadjaja, S.T., M.T., PNM Director Muhamad Fajar Subkhan, S.T., M.T., as well as all leaders and invited guests within PNM.
Acting as a witness in the activity is Deputy Director 1 PNM Dr. Yosi Afandi, S.Sos., M.AB. and Deputy Director II PNM Muhammad Taali, S.E., M.M. There were four offices that were appointed and sworn in that morning, two Administrator Offices (Echelon III A) and two Supervisory Offices (Echelon IV A) respectively.
The official administrator is Suluh Argo Pambudi, S.T., M.Kom. as Head of Academic and Student Affairs and Agung Wicaksono, S.ST., M.Sc. as Head of Planning, Finance and General Affairs.
Meanwhile, the Supervisory Officer who was appointed and sworn in was Ibnu Malik Jani Safarina, S.H. as Head of Academic Subdivision in the Academic and Student Affairs Section and Arief Satria Nugraha, S.ST. as Head of the General Subdivision in the Planning, Finance and General Section.
In the welcoming session, Kiki said that the inauguration was carried out openly with the aim of conveying to the entire PNM academic community that the four people who were inaugurated had received a new mandate from the government. Therefore, the oaths and promises made constitute a willingness to carry out trust and integrity without abusing the authority given.
"When you receive a mandate, it is true that authority is also given. However, with the oath and promise, the gentlemen who were inaugurated today stated that they were willing to carry out their trust and integrity without abusing the authority they were given. And this was said and witnessed by many people so that the inauguration was indeed carried out openly, you cannot just hand over a decree." Kiki said in his speech.
Kiki hopes that the appointed officials can become active learners and be able to take active steps to fulfill their duties and responsibilities to face challenges and various obstacles in the future.
In line with Kiki, PNM Director Muhamad Fajar Subkhan also hopes that officials can carry out their duties optimally. "Officials can carry out their duties optimally because of course with the progress of PNM, without support from officials and staff it would also be impossible. Because they are the ones who actually manage everything, starting from the planning, financial and student affairs aspects." he explained.
Vocational Education and Government Support
When met after the event, Kiki said that the government also supports vocational education. This can be seen from Presidential Instruction no. 9 of 2016 concerning the revitalization of vocational schools and Presidential Decree no. 68 of 2022 concerning the revitalization of vocational education and vocational training.
"This means that the government is very committed to strengthening vocational education, improving services and quality of vocational education throughout Indonesia. This is the first time there has been a presidential instruction and a presidential regulation for one vocational education. So twice in a row from 2016 and 2022. So it is very strong (ed: government support)," explained Kiki.
Furthermore, government support is also visible in the dedication of a special directorate general for vocational education. Which is also supported by commitment in the budget sector through a larger budget allocation for vocations.
Asked about improving the qualifications of vocational lecturers, Kiki said that sending vocational lecturers does not always have to go abroad, but can also be done domestically for both non-degree training and for degrees such as Masters and Doctoral degrees. Vocational lecturers also have their own unique characteristics because they are also given the opportunity to do internships or work in domestic and foreign industries.
"So increasing the qualifications, capacity and quality of lecturers is carried out by giving lecturers the opportunity to do many things in degree education and degree training." he said.
As for the program for sending students abroad, Kiki wants to show that wherever they are, vocational students have the same opportunity to take part in the program as long as they meet the requirements and pass the selection.
"They can (ed: study abroad) and what has happened so far proves that children from Madiun, from Lhokseumawe, from Kalimantan, yes they can. So we open up opportunities, it's up to these students whether they want to take the opportunity or not." Kiki explained.
Kiki also revealed that his party continues to carry out regular evaluations of the programs being implemented. According to him, there is still homework in the access section, namely not just location affordability but also in terms of financing. And in the quality section, it is mainly related to the relevance of competency when graduating to the needs of the world of work. Regarding this, Kiki said that his party was making various improvements to the learning process, curriculum, lecturers and also infrastructure.
Madiun City's 105th Anniversary and City Government Support for PNM
PNM Director Muhamad Fajar Subkhan admitted that he was very happy with the synergy that existed with the Madiun City Government in seeking progress in the education sector. One of them is related to the departure of the Mayor of Madiun to Hungary and meeting with the Skoda company so that PNM can follow up by sending students to do internships there.
"One of them is the Mayor's departure to Hungary and meeting with the Skoda company. We can follow this up by sending students to join there (ed: internships)." Dawn said.
Regarding the 105th anniversary of the City of Madiun, Fajar said that the development of the City of Madiun was very rapid, both in terms of physical and human resource development. Apart from that, he assessed that the Madiun City Government also provides extraordinary support in the field of education, from primary education to tertiary education.
Looking back, the Madiun City Government also provided support to PNM by providing land for campus development. Apart from that, there are also scholarships provided by the Madiun City Government for students from Madiun City to study at PNM. *(Public Relations Team/PIP PNM)
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