Indonesia targets 2,000 vocational training centres in 2020
The Ministry of Manpower of Indonesia has set a target to establish 2,000 community-based vocational training centres (BLK) across the nation in 2020, as part of the efforts to boost the workers’ competency.
Indonesia's national forum of the community-based vocational training center held in Central Java on December 30 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry ofManpower of Indonesia has set a target to establish 2,000 community-basedvocational training centres (BLK) across the nation in 2020, as part of theefforts to boost the workers’ competency.
Speaking with reporters on December 30,Director General of Training and Productivity under the ministry Bambang SatrioLelono said the programme was started with the formation of 50 BLK in 2017, 75in 2018, and 988 in 2019.
He added that the community-based BLKprogramme is a breakthrough initiated by Indonesian President Joko Widodo as aprecautionary measure against the country’s demographic bonus in 2030-2040 andto curb unemployment.
Indonesia is set to avail the benefits of ademographic bonus, a large productive population, for which apposite measuresare required with the improvement in skills and competitiveness./.
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Indonesia's national forum of the community-based vocational training center held in Central Java on December 30 (Photo: VNA) 
