The West Papua government sent 48 teachers to join the dual skills program

The West Papua Provincial Government has sent 48 teachers to take part in a dual skills program at the Center for Vocational Technology to fill the shortage of vocational teachers or majors teachers, especially in SMKs throughout West Papua.
 
Head of the Vocational School of the West Papua Education Office Arius Mofu in Manokwari, Monday (28/11), said the need for vocational teachers in the area is estimated at 500 people, while so far not 50 percent have been met.
 
"This dual expertise is a solution to meet the shortage of vocational teachers at Vocational High Schools. So if a Mathematics teacher or English teacher has a little expertise in IT or Automotive, we train them at the hall," he said.

This program, he said, had been running since 2021 in which 16 teachers were sent to be trained that year, bringing the total to date to 64 teachers.

He explained that the teachers attended training for one to three months.

The West Papua Education Office is certain to facilitate the needs of the teachers.
 
Arius stated that the shortage of vocational teachers in West Papua is similar to what is happening in Papua.

He considered that the existence of Government Employees with Work Agreements (P3K) was also a way of addressing the need for vocational teachers in high schools.
 
Vocational teachers, he said, are different from general teachers because vocational teachers must have a diploma according to the needs of the majors in the school.
 
University of Papua academic Agus Sumule said as of October 13 2022 the need for vocational teachers in West Papua, including 14 Fak-Fak, Kaimana (21), Wondama Bay (16), Bintuni Bay (22), Manokwari (83), South Sorong ( 20), and Sorong City (87).

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