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faces in the employment sector is that the majority of its workers have only had a high school
education or less. About 56 percent of Indonesian workers are engaged in the informal sector.
Meanwhile, workers aged 15-24 years, who are mostly high school or vocational school
graduates, make up the largest number of the unemployed.
Low levels of ability would affect productivity and thereby, how well Indonesia utilizes its
demographic bonus, Ida pointed out. Therefore, steps to build the nation's human resource
need to be taken so that the demographic bonus can aid national development, she explained.
One way to build human resource would be to strengthen vocational education and training
programs, which are under the authority of the Ministry of Manpower, by revamping vocational
training centers (BLK) owned by ministries and local governments.
The Ministry of Manpower has set up BLKs in 15 provinces and efforts are being made to expand
their presence across Indonesia.
As part of this push, the Ministry of Manpower plans to add 1,000 more the community
vocational training centers (BLK) this year, Ida said.
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