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During the inauguration of the Community-based BLK, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin emphasized
that speed, accuracy, and efficiency were crucial foundations in building competitiveness in the
employment sector.

"The real challenge faced is what strategic steps we must take in preparing human resources
that are able to face future challenges related to digital technology, such as big data, artificial
intelligence, and internet of things," the vice president remarked.

Amin inaugurated 1,014 BLKs for 2020 during the "National Conference on Vocational and
Entrepreneurship" at the Cipasung Islamic Boarding School, Tasikmalaya, West Java Province,
on Tuesday.

"In 2020, the Ministry of Manpower had built 1,014 Community-based Vocational Training
Centers (BLKs), bringing the total number of completed Community BLKs to 2,127, spread across
Indonesia," Vice President Amin noted in Tasikmalaya, West Java, on Tuesday.

The total number of Community BLKs has exceeded the government's target of two thousand
set at the time of its launch in 2017, the vice president stated.

"This means it has exceeded the target set during the declaration, which is to build two thousand
Community BLKs, but it turns out that 2,127 were successfully built, thereby translating to the
fact that it had exceeded the target," he pointed out.

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