Hadromi
The low technical skills of vocational school students result in low competitiveness of the graduates, and long waiting periods for them to be employed by industry. The co-management of vocational schools involving a corporate (company or group) and industry could improve the technical skills of graduates leading to an improvement in graduates' employability. The purpose of this study was to design and develop a collaborative model between vocational schools and corporate/industry in an effort to improve the students' technical skills. Results of a study as part of this work showed that a collaborative school management model between vocational school and corporate/industry could improve the technical skills of the graduates of vocational schools. This model was developed through the process of planning, implementing and evaluating the results of the technical skills of vocational school students. The implementation of the partnership management model between vocational schools and corporate/industry could improve the technical skills of the graduates of the vocational schools. © 2018 World Institute for Engineering and Technology Education (WIETE).
Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
