Prof. Hery emphasized that vocational education in Indonesia plays a strategic role in preparing a competent and adaptive workforce capable of addressing technological advancements and dynamic global demands. Beyond equipping graduates with technical skills, vocational education must foster critical thinking, innovation, and the ability to navigate the complexities of the modern workforce. Effective management of vocational education is the key to meeting these challenges, ensuring optimal resource utilization, and aligning curricula with industry needs. Well-managed vocational education can produce competitive graduates in the global job market.

In the era of Industry 4.0, vocational education management must be responsive to technological changes. UNESCO (2019) highlights the importance of non-technical skills such as critical thinking and collaboration in modern workplaces. Similarly, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2021) underscores that adapting to global trends, including green technology, can enhance national workforce competitiveness while supporting sustainable development.

One of the significant challenges in vocational education is ensuring that technology is adopted and optimally utilized. “Our research, involving 220 teachers from five provinces in Java, revealed that three main factors, those are motivation, confidence in using technology (Internet self-efficacy), and anxiety about technology, affect teachers’ intentions to use e-learning platforms,” Prof. Hery explained.

The findings led to several recommendations to support digital transformation in vocational high schools (SMKs). First, enhancing teacher motivation through incentives and recognition. Second, boosting teacher confidence with continuous training programs. Third, creating an environment that encourages technological exploration without fear of failure. This approach improves teachers’ technical competencies and strengthens the relevance of vocational education to modern industry demands.

Technological transformation in vocational education cannot be effective without the support of an adaptive and innovative school culture. Research involving 170 teachers in the Surakarta residency identified six dimensions of school culture – goal orientation, leadership, participatory decision-making, innovation orientation, formal relationships, and shared vision – as key factors influencing teachers’ perceptions of technology’s ease of use and benefits.

Transformational leadership by school principals has proven effective in fostering an innovative environment that encourages teachers to adopt technology. Additionally, a collectively built shared vision strengthens commitment to integrating technology into learning. This approach enables vocational institutions to produce graduates who are competent and aligned with global market needs.

The success of vocational education requires synergy among school management, teachers, students, industry, and the government. Effective management must create a work climate that supports innovation and collaboration, ensure curriculum relevance to industry needs, and build strategic partnerships to prepare students for the demands of the digital era.

Through adaptive, flexible, and responsive management approaches, vocational education in Indonesia can become a driving force for the nation’s competitiveness. “A shared commitment to fostering an innovative and collaborative school culture will ensure that vocational education remains relevant to contemporary needs and produces a generation of youth who are competent, adaptive, and ready to face global challenges,” he concluded.

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The competition titled The Day of Manper was participated by students of the Office Administration Program in Indonesia through several stages, registration, video submission, video selection, and winner announcement.

Hilmi explained that the online competition asked participants to submit a five-minute video.

“The competition was online in a five-minute video. There were several subthemes offered by the committee, I took the subtheme of creating a positive image of the company. The reason for selecting this subtheme is to inform the employee’s roles as an indirect public relation,” Hilmi explained on Wednesday (29/12/2021).

The winners were announced on Thursday (9/12/2021), with the 1st place going to Muhammad Hilmi from UNS. Hilmi stated that he is very grateful for this result, and he was further motivated to continue working. Hilmi also hoped that he could bring more achievements for UNS and more UNS students to participate in other competitions.

“Hopefully, (I) could continue contributing achievements and that more PAP students from UNS who participate in competitions and update themselves into someone with a contribution for UNS,” Hilmi concluded. Humas UNS

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The webinar was opened with an opening remark from Nur Rahmi Akbarini, S.Pd., M.Pd as a representative from the Head of Office Administration Education Program PAP FKIP UNS. In her remark, Nur Rahmi hoped that the webinar could shape students into active people wherever they are.

“Hopefully, after this webinar, you could become a student with a contribution in your family, community, the nation, and the state,” Nur stated in her remark.

The first speaker in the webinar was Nuzulul Ilma from Alehra Research Project for BPJS Ketenagakerjaan who shared material on “Baperan dan Berperan di Lingkup Mahasiswa” (sensitive personality or contributing personality as university students). Ilma explained the basics of roles and how people hold multi-roles and responsibilities. “Everyone is inseparable from their roles,” she explained.

Ilma also explained the negative impact of the inability to manage negative emotions that will affect mental health and disturb teamwork. She also suggested journaling, sports, and meditation as a means of managing negative emotions.

The second speaker, Arwan Gunawan, is a teacher from Vocational High School (SMKN) 1 Kersana who delivered material on “Menjadi Mahasiswa Baperan atau Berperan” (becoming contributing students or students with personal issues) and mentioned that personal issues occur when there is a gap between the real self and ideal self.

Arwan also mentioned several methods to solve the problem of bringing personal issues into activities among university students through self-love, reducing procrastinating, being grateful and stopping a complaining habit, filling time with useful activities, building positive energy, and believing that what happened to have a lesson. Humas UNS

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