Activities

Writer: Adrianus Ubas, Programme Officer Field Office Sumba
Editor: Firra Kholisha Mustika, Communication

Vocational High Schools (SMK) have the main goal of preparing graduates who are ready to work in industry. Not only preparing soft skills and hard skills according to the field, but schools also need to direct students to prepare for applying for jobs.

Responding to this urgency, one of the DESMA Center teams filled in material for making application letters and curriculum vitae at SMKS Efata-Omba Rade on February 7 2024. This was attended by 30 students from classes X and XII.

The application letter material is filled with providing students with an understanding of how to compose a good job application letter, converting documents and sending files via email. In the curriculum vitae material, participants were introduced to the Canva application to make it easier to compile a resume.

Through knowledge sharing, the preparation of application letters and curriculum vitae is expected to help Tourism Vocational School students to better prepare themselves for applying for jobs.

This activity is part ofProgram TVET for Sustainable Tourism Development in Sumba which is implemented by the DESMA Center.

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The TVET for Sustainable Tourism Development in Sumba program is supported by MISEREOR/KZE; implemented by the DESMA Center. Strengthening the Capacity of Tourism Human Resources aims to realize "a tourism vocational school education program in Sumba to meet the needs and requirements of the tourism industry, thereby offering better job opportunities for young people and supporting sustainable tourism in Sumba."

This program includes strengthening (1) Management capacity of tourism vocational schools in line with the independent curriculum and the concept of sustainable tourism; (2) Teacher capacity in pedagogical knowledge, about teaching and sustainable tourism (3) Tourism Vocational School-Tourism Industry Partnership; and (4) Students' entrepreneurial capacity in creating a sustainable tourism business.

The direct beneficiaries of this program are (1) Pancasila Vocational School – Tambolaka, Southwest Sumba; (2) SMK Negeri 2 Tambolaka City, Southwest Sumba; (3) Bakti Luhur Vocational School – Tambolaka, Southwest Sumba; (4) Efata Vocational School - Omba Rade, Southwest Sumba; and (5) Waikabubak State Vocational School 1, West Sumba. The direct partners of this program are (1) East Nusa Tenggara Province Education & Culture Office; (2) Southwest Sumba Regency Government; (3) West Sumba Regency Government; (4) Southwest Sumba Regency Tourism Office; and (5) West Sumba Regency Tourism Office.