Jakarta, June 3 -- Manpower Minister Yassierli highlighted five strategic challenges that the Indonesian workforce could encounter in 2025-2029 during a technical coordination meeting with the heads of provincial manpower services on Tuesday.

According to the minister, the first challenge concerns strengthening the link and match between vocational training and industry needs, as well as optimizing the role of job training centers (BLKs).

"Link and match is considered necessary. We must be able to identify the condition of the BLKs in our respective provinces, regarding the needs and the readiness of the BLKs," he said.

BLKs play a strategic role in preparing skilled workers who can be quickly absorbed by industry, he noted.

Therefore...