Medan State Polytechnic (Polmed) was appointed directly by the Directorate of Partnership and Alignment of the Industrial World, Directorate General of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia to be the accelerator of the 2021 Vocational Tower program for the Toba region of North Sumatra at a strategic planning coordination meeting. communication tower vocation, Semarang (29/10).
This program is a form of attention from the Ministry of Education and Culture, Research and Technology to foster a harmonious ecosystem between Vocational Units, Regional Government, Business and Industrial World, Community, and Mass Media. In addition, through this program, the Ministry of Education and Culture and Research and Technology also encourages the improvement of human resource competencies and product potential in the target area (toba), increasing the role of vocational education in developing investment from industry.
Plt. Mitras Dudi, Saryadi, ST, MBA in his remarks at the Coordination activity for the preparation of the vocational tower communication strategy also hoped that through this activity it could increase the number and quality of partnerships as much as possible between the vocational education unit and the business and industrial world for each region selected in the Tower Program. Vocational.
“The Directorate General of Vocational Higher Education through the Vocational Tower Program has selected 5 State Polytechnics as accelerators for each of the selected State Polytechnics,” continued Plt. Mitras Dudi.
Deputy Director IV for Polmed Cooperation, Ing. Heru Pranoto, S, T, also hopes that “through activities that will be carried out in approximately 2 months until December 2021, hopefully Polmed can make good use of time and synergize with all regional accelerators as well as the business and industrial world to strengthen the regional economy”
The event ended with the signing of a cooperation agreement with the five selected State Polytechnics, namely, Medan State Polytechnic, Ujung Pandang State Polytechnic, El Bajo Commudus Polytechnic, Bengkalis State Polytechnic, and Banjarmasin State Polytechnic.