Indonesia-France Increase Competency of Culinary Vocational Teachers

JAKARTA – Dozens of teachers vocational field culinary received training from the Indonesia-France partnership. The training program will take place from 7 October to 22 November 2024.

This program takes place between the Center for Quality Assurance Development of Business and Tourism Vocational Education (BBPPMPV Bispar) in collaboration with the French Government through the Institut Francais d’Indonesie to organize a Training of Trainers (ToT) program on French Cooking for Vocational Culinary Teaching.

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This training program involved 48 participants consisting of BBPMPPV Bispar students from the Catering Department, vocational high school (SMK) teachers, course and training institution (LKP) instructors, vocational college (PTV) lecturers, and professional chefs.

Secretary of the Directorate General of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education and Culture, Saryadi, explained that this program encourages vocational people in the culinary field to be globally competitive and able to advance the Indonesian culinary industry.

“This is also the Directorate General of Vocational Education’s commitment to reflect Presidential Regulation (Perpes) Number 68 of 2022 concerning the Revitalization of Vocational Education and Vocational Training,” said Saryadi, via a press release, Sunday (13/10/2024).

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According to Saryadi, the implementation of the Presidential Decree can be realized through collaboration. One of them is the French government which has the same goal of supporting vocational education in Indonesia.

The Head of BBPMPPV Bispar, Arie Wibowo Khurniawan, also conveyed a similar thing. According to him, this competency is not only a matter of honing international standard cookery and pastry cooking skills, but is also a strategic step to upgrade the knowledge of vocational teachers so that it has an impact on learning.

“The ToT program is a new chapter in improving vocational education in the culinary field. “Together we will create a wave of change that will accelerate the growth of global quality vocational education,” said Arie.