Jakarta, Feb. 2 -- The Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry has prepared five assistance programs for vocational high schools this year as part of quality assurance for the Merdeka Curriculum and Assessment.

"There are five main assistance programs in the quality assurance for the Merdeka Curriculum and Assessment to realize the transformation of vocational education in Indonesia," director of vocational high schools (SMK) at the ministry, Wardani Sugiyanto, informed in a statement issued here on Friday.

The five programs are the SMK Student Competency Certification, Industry-Based Vocational Learning, Regular Factory-Based Teaching, Factory-Based Teaching in the Framework of Making Impact, and Assistance for the Develo...