Skill Acquisition (TVET) and Entrepreneurship

Abstract

This paper explores Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a promoter of entrepreneurship prospects -emphasizing the significance of TVET as an entrepreneurship skills facilitator, promoting individuals' ultimate aspirations of improving their socioeconomic living conditions and general development. This paper focused on ETAHT TVET programmes -designed explicitly for returnee migrants as a case study. Applying a qualitative research method approach -this paper collected and analyzed primary and secondary data from research participants and key informants. This paper asserts that contemporary TVET programmes play a significant role in equipping individuals with both TVET and entrepreneurship skills required for productive usage and commercial gains by an entrepreneur, thus facilitating individuals' (entrepreneurs') development and economic growth.

Unemployment Rates in Vocational Education in Indonesia Using Economic and Statistical Analysis

“…The Log X1 coefficient is 1.19, implying that every 1 percent increase in employment opportunity raises the unemployment rate by 1.19 percentage points. Because the sign is positive, this implies an oversupply of labor in Indonesian vocational higher education [24]. The government, educational institutions, and society continue to pay attention to employment issues.…”