Indonesia Lack SMK Thousand Teachers

JAKARTA - Director of Vocational High School Ministry of National Education, Joko Sutrisno, mengungkapan that current vocational needs of teachers or educators of teachers earning as much as 32 400 people.

The teacher needs to meet the teacher shortage subject areas of agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fisheries, accretion and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, gas and water supply, construction, trade, hotels and restaurants, transport and communications, finance, leasing and business services.

"The need is real productive vocational school teachers as much as 32 400 people. Educators on the needs for vocational school level. This is expected to foster students' learning outcomes with PMS and teachers can directly productive and produce goods. Even better if you can bring students directly into the working world," explained Ricardo when met at Building Kemendiknas, Jakarta, Friday (20/8).

Joko explained that to overcome the shortage of vocational teachers (especially skilled) is conducted with assistance programs. Efforts are made of them by holding a polytechnic or Institute of Education and Education Workforce, or the final year students who parachuted onto the field for teaching at vocational schools. "It means, at least Educator Education Workforce Institute must carry out the education profession," said Joko.

In addition, Joko also mentioned, there are several alternatives that can be done in overcoming the shortage of teachers this vocation. One is working with the Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment (minister) and the Local Government (Government) in order to procurement of Civil Servants (PNS) for vocational teachers for CMS.

"It could also require a high school teacher with a small number of students to be moved to a vocational school or use a conversion. Namely, high school teachers trained in computer learning mathematics then they are recruited into the computer teachers at vocational schools or even with the use of teacher aides, " said Joko.