Patterns of Vocational Education Partnership in the Era of Decentralization

Abstract

This article aims to explain the management of vocational education, especially partnerships with industry in the era of regional autonomy and decentralization of education. Delegation of authority from the central government requires local governments to manage the education sector, especially vocational education. In fact, as a vocational secondary education are often prepared to work hard to find industry partners or cooperation partner in the absorption of graduates because it is not supported of policy pro vocational education. Local governments are still too pinned their hopes on the privately run industrial absorbent vocational education graduates. One of the policies that can be done to overcome this problem is to optimize the role of Badan Usaha Milik Daerah (BUMD) as a new industry to absorb the graduates of vocational education through a partnership. This partnership requires the support of the executive and legislative sides.