Ministry of Education and Culture continues to encourage the opening of Vocational School (SMK) in various boarding schools.

 Mohammad Nuh

Ministry of Education and Culture continues to encourage the opening of Vocational School (SMK) in various boarding schools.


Ministry of Education and Culture continues to encourage the opening of Vocational School (SMK) in various boarding schools. With the opening of vocational school, the students studying in boarding school can also gain other skills to be ready to compete after graduation.

Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh, said very supportive boarding school that opened themselves Salafiyah by establishing vocational schools. According to him, the move is aimed properly so that no add more unemployment after graduating from boarding school.

"Usually Boarding Salafiyah it difficult to open another. But not anymore.'s Good. Likewise, not all graduates of boarding school must be a cleric," Noah said after visiting the boarding school Roudlotul Mubtadin in Jepara, Sunday (02/03/2013) .

"The CMS is to provide life skills material on them so it does not add to the unemployment rate and to develop themselves better," said Noah.

At boarding school Roudlotul Mubtadin itself, there are three majors CMS opened the automotive majors, computer network engineering and fashion. Even for vocational boarding school in this newly opened about four years ago, graduates have been able to be accepted in a variety of well-known companies such as Astra.

Director of SMK Kemdikbud, Anang Tjahjono, also pushed for other boarding schools to open up like that done by this Mubtadin Roudlotul Boarding School. He also pushed for the use of computers and the Internet at the boarding school was no longer a problem should see the development of the current.

"If you are here, the internet and computers are allowed. Someone somewhere else is very hard not to be there is Internet access," said Anang.

"It all had to be encouraged, especially for SMK. Due to this very useful for those who want immediate employment after graduation with a particular expertise," he said.