The Surakarta Textile and Textile Product Industry Community Academy or AK Textile Solo continues to strive to meet the needs of the textile and textile product (TPT) industry workforce in the Soloraya area. This was conveyed by the Head of the Industrial Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDMI) of the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin), Arus Gunawan, when holding the Textile Industry Media Gathering at the MG Setos Hotel, Semarang City, Central Java (Central Java), Thursday (25/8/2022). ). According to Arus, the textile industry in Indonesia has continued to experience positive growth recently. Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, the textile industry was able to make a significant contribution to the national economy.
“The value of textile exports from January to April 2022 reached US$5.36 billion or 7.7% of the total national export [value]. Meanwhile, in the first quarter of 2022, the textile industry contributed 1.10 percent to the national GDP [gross domestic product],” said Arus when opening the event.
Nevertheless, the national textile industry faces a number of problems, one of which is the lack of a workforce. The need for workers in the textile industry, which reaches 135,000 people per year, has not yet been able to be fulfilled.
In order to meet the needs of the TPT workforce, the Ministry of Industry has made various efforts, one of which is by producing skilled workers in the TPT industry through AK Textile Solo. Since its establishment in 2015, AK Textile Solo has produced thousands of diploma II graduates who work in the textile industry.
From 2017 to 2021, AK Tekstil Solo graduated 958 people who currently work in various textile industries. Meanwhile, in 2022, AK Textile Solo graduated 149 people to be placed in 16 textile industries.
“AK Textile Solo was established to meet the needs of the textile industry in Soloraya and its surroundings. The needs are very large, so the opportunity for graduates of AK Textile Solo to be absorbed is very large. Almost 100% of our graduates are absorbed," said Arus
Arus added that with the concept of dual system education, learning and field work practice, AK Textile Solo was able to produce graduates who were immediately ready to work. A number of textile companies or industrial partners are also ready to accommodate the campus graduates who are located on Jalan Ki Hajar Dewantara, Jebres, Solo City.
“So Akom [AK Textile Solo] is a scholarship and work bond. So industrial partners must be built. Therefore, it is necessary to hold this kind of activity [Meeting for Industrial Partners],” explained Arus.
