VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE ON CURRICULUM 2013 AND ITS ROLE IN INDONESIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Curriculum 2013 in vocational education, especially on vocational high school (SMK) not only aims to produce graduates who are ready to work, but also produces Indonesian people who are productive, creative, innovative, through strengthening affective attitudes, skills, and knowledges which are integrated. One of the challenges for the SMK future is how to increase the contribution of vocational education for Indonesia development, particularly in economic development. Thompson (1973) stated that “vocational education is economic education as it geared to the needs of the job market and thus contributed to the national economic growth”.Basically, vocational educationiseducationtocreateoractuateeconomicactivity, becausevocational education is designedtofulfillneeds ofthe labor market,andit is clearthis willprovidea positive contribution tothe worldof productiveworkthatproducesgoodsandcommoditiesthat haveeconomic value.Because of that, the implementation of curriculum 2013 is expected to answer that challenge. This paper presented about the development of vocational schools in Indonesia, the implementation of the curriculum 2013 on vocational education, particularly SMK, and efforts that can maximize the contribution of SMK in Indonesia economic development