Implementation of Vocational High School Revitalization Program in Preparing Graduate Competencies

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the implementation of government policies in the form of a Presidential Instruction (Inpres) dated 9 September 2016 concerning the revitalization of vocational high schools, which is related to increasing competitiveness and the quality of human resources. This research was conducted at the State Vocational High School 6 Surakarta, which is the only school that implements the vocational high school revitalization program, especially for the fields of business and management expertise. This research method is descriptive qualitative, and the researcher is the instrument in this research. Vocational High School Negeri 6 Surakarta carries out 9 (nine) aspects of revitalization, namely; 1) Revitalization of human resources (HR); 2) Build SIM-based SAS; 3) Link and match with industry; 4) Industry-based curriculum; 5) Teaching factory; 6) Use of video tutorial media and video-based portfolio of e-Report skills; 7) Professional certification test; 8) Fulfillment of facilities and infrastructure; 9) The role of Vocational High School as a driver of the local economy. The results showed that the revitalization of Vocational High Schools running at Vocational High School Negeri 6 Surakarta has gone well because most aspects have been implemented, but there are still some problems found in this study lack of interest in extracurricular activities, disruption of the online new student admission system, financing and suitability of industrial visit locations, student activeness during guest teacher activities, student discipline and incompatibility of competence with industrial work practice locations, teaching factory instruments, inadequate selection of time for professional certification tests, insufficient facilities and infrastructure. The solutions offered in this study are an increase in the budget allocated for extracurricular activities, teaching factories, improvement of the School Administration System, alternative locations for industrial visits, encouraging guest teachers to be more active in interacting with students, submitting the professional certification to National Professional Certification Board , fulfilling priority facilities and infrastructure first.