JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – A graduation ceremony was held Friday, in Jakarta’s western outskirt of Serpong, for 19 Indonesian students from four vocational schools, after they received training from a Chinese construction firm in drilling machine operation.
Trainees, who graduated from the programme, would be recruited by the company to operate machines in its Indonesian project sites, according to Indo Paku Bumi (IPB) CEO, Wang Dewu.
“This training programme would also expand the number of Indonesian workers in our projects, and subsequently reduce the Chinese ones,” Wang added.
Head of Vocational and Industrial Cooperation at the National Education Ministry, Saryadi, said, such a training programme is an exceptional opportunity for vocational school students to become skilled and ready-for-use operators direly needed by construction firms in the country.
He hoped that the programme would continue in the future, helping train more students from the country’s vocational schools.– NNN-ANTARA
