PALMOILMAGAZINE, SEMARANG – During the first quarter of 2024, the Vocational Study Program at Diponegoro University (UNDIP) achieved distinction by securing the Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit (SDMPKS) scholarship. This accomplishment stemmed from a collaboration between the Vocational School (Sekolah Vokasi) at UNDIP and the General Directorate of Plantations within the Ministry of Agriculture, specifically through the Sarjana Terapan Teknologi Rekayasa Kimia Industri (TRKI) and Sarjana Terapan Rekayasa Perancangan Mekanik (RPM) Study Programs.
Mohamad Endy Julianto, Chairman of the TRKI Study Program at the Vocational School of UNDIP, attributed this success to the alignment between the SDMPKS program and the curriculum offered by TRKI. He stated, “The curriculum was meticulously crafted with a focus on outcome-based education (OBE), integrated dual systems, and digitalized teaching factories. This approach aims to produce alumni who are well-equipped to meet the needs of the industrial sector, particularly in the palm oil plantation industry,”” he said, as in the official information to Palmoilmagazine.com, Saturday (20/4/2024).
The scholarship would be supported by Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency and the goal would be about to get competent young generations in palm oil sectors (industries) both nationally and internationally. Every participant to get the selection would be from many backgrounds, starting from the children of smallholders, workers in palm oil plantation industries and business.
Meanwhile, Chairman of RPM SV UNDIP, Sri Utami Handayani did welcome the scholarship program because it would escalate quality of knowledge, skills, and professionalism of the students in palm oil industries.
“The students in RPM would get knowledges about design, operation, tool nursey in plantations and mills to significantly deliver contribution after finishing their study,” she said.
The two study programs are also supported by Dean of SV UNDIP, Prof Budiyono and others. They actively involved in selection process, and presentation in Jakarta, involved in the next meeting that related with SDMPKS scholarship in Bandung.
The initiation of cooperation between SV UNDIP and General Directorate of Plantation reinforced the relationship among instances to support human resource (HR) in palm oil (plantation) sectors.
The presence of speakers from General Directorate of Plantation that was conducted by Himpunan Mahasiswa (HM) TRKI and RPM would be real evidence from the same commitment to escalate labors’ quality in palm oil industries. (T2)
