scholarly journals Impact of Job Skills Training Programs on Urban Poverty

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Suparmono

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the ready-to-work skills training offered by the Republic of Indonesia's Ministry of Social Affairs on urban poor people who are members of micro and small businesses to mitigate urban poverty. This research was conducted in Balikpapan City during the 2019 season. The empirical approach used is statistics that are descriptive. Data collection was performed by telephone interviews with job skills training program recipients. As a result, in the form of growing skills, the training programs offered to the urban poor and some micro and small enterprises had a positive effect and those who did not pursue their business were able to find work due to the training they got. The flaw of this preparation is linked to the training recipients' continuous level of ability such that they are not yet at the advanced level.  

Publika ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Nada Thalia ◽  
Meirinawati Meirinawati

Surabaya merupakan salah satu kota metropolis di Indonesia, maka banyak orang berbondong-bondong datang untuk mencari pekerjaan di Surabaya. Namun adanya ketimpangan antara jumlah angkatan kerja dengan tersedianya lapangan pekerjaan, sehingga banyaknya pengangguran di Surabaya. Pemerintah Kota dan Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kota Surabaya berupaya mengurangi jumlah pengangguran yang ada di Surabaya dengan menyelenggarakan program pelatihan keterampilan kerja. Penulis mengambil bidang otomotif. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mendeskripsikan pelayanan prima program pelatihan keterampilan kerja di Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kota Surabaya (Studi pada Pelatihan Kerja Bidang Otomotif). Fokus penelitian ini terdiri dari 4 indikator meliputi 1) Attitude (sikap), 2) Attention (perhatian), 3) Action (tindakan), dan 4) Anticipation (antisipasi). Teknik pengumpulan data melalui observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelayanan prima dari kedua pelatihan bidang otomotif sudah berjalan dengan baik, meskipun masih terdapat kendala. Hal tersebut diketahui pada konsep sikap di kedua pelatihan bidang otomotif sudah menerapkan sikap 5S dan berjalan sesuai SOP yang telah ditentukan. Konsep perhatian, kedua pelatihan bidang otomotif sangat berbeda penyedia jasa dan tutor pada pelatihan bidang otomotif mobil lebih cuek dan tegas kalau pelatihan otomotif – motor bersikap cepat dan cekatan dalam menyelesaikan masalah. Tindakan kedua pelatihan bidang otomotif juga berbeda mereka memiliki cara tersendiri jika ada salah satu masyarakat yang kurang paham saat proses pembelajaran berlangsung. Konsep antisipasti dari kedua pelatihan bidang otomotif berupa peralatan dan mesin otomotif yang lengkap dan selalu diganti disetiap tahunya. Salah satu saran yang diberikan yaitu pemberian materi yang lebih variatif. Kata Kunci: Pelayanan Prima, Pelatihan Keterampilan Kerja, Pelatihan Otomotif.   Surabaya is one of the metropolises in Indonesia, so many people flock to find work in Surabaya. However, there is an imbalance between the number of the workforce and the availability of jobs, so there are many unemployed people in Surabaya. The City Government and the Surabaya City Manpower Office are trying to reduce the number of unemployed people in Surabaya by organizing job skills training programs. The author takes the automotive field. The purpose of this research is to describe the excellent service of job skills training programs at the Surabaya City Manpower Office (Study on Automotive Job Training). The focus of this research consists of 4 indicators including 1) Attitude (attitude), 2) Attention (attention), 3) Action (action), and 4) Anticipation (anticipation). Data collection techniques through observation, interviews, and documentation. The results showed that the excellent service from the two automotive training courses had gone well, although there were still obstacles. It is known that the attitude concept in the two automotive field trainings has implemented the 5S attitude and runs according to the predetermined SOPs. The concept of attention, the two training in the automotive field are very different. Service providers and tutors in automotive training are more indifferent and assertive if automotive - motorbike training is fast and deft in solving problems. The second action of automotive training is also different, they have their own way if there is a community that does not understand the learning process. The anticipatory concept of the two training in the automotive field is in the form of complete automotive equipment and machines and is always replaced every year. One of the suggestions given is the provision of more varied material. Keyword : Excellent Service, Vocational Training, Automotive Training


Author(s):  
Gerry Czerniawski

‘Wicked policy problems’ are defined as complex, not fully understood by policy makers, highly resistant to change and seemingly immune to any evidence likely to bring about change for the better. Policy, in the case of prison education, is not necessarily driven by what works and is often not evidenced-based. It is increasingly positioned by political expediency and the signalling of politicians’ ‘toughness on crime’. In this chapter I look at three distinctly different prison education systems in Northern Europe; in England, Germany and Norway. I examine the extent to which discourses associated with both the marketisation of education and penal populism have influenced the construction and facilitation of prison education in all three countries. Finally, I argue that, to varying degrees, the reconstruction of prison ‘education’ into low-cost job skills training contributes to the domination of policies that speak more to public moral panic and the need to cut the economic costs of welfare than to the rehabilitation of prisoners.


1995 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-134
Author(s):  
Harold Shank ◽  
Wayne Reed ◽  

Many suburban evangelical churches are failing to respond to urban poverty in America, The relationship between these churches and the urban poor may be described in terms of detachment. Biblical passages such as Deuterononvy 15 propose a theological agenda in which a community's relationship to God turns on its ability to relate to its individual parts. People in the ideal community bridge gaps between the "haves" and the "have nots" since God has already bridged the gap between divinity arul humanity. Implications of this perspective include the example of life skills training and other progjrams as a means to implement the theological framework, thereby forming practical partnerships with the urban poor to help lift them out of poverty.


2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail N. Koffarnus ◽  
Anthony DeFulio ◽  
Sigurdur O. Sigurdsson ◽  
Kenneth Silverman

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 138-159
Author(s):  
Vasudha Chakravarthy ◽  
Shobhita Rajagopal ◽  
Bhavya Joshi

For the first time since Independence, India’s urban population has registered a higher increase than the rural population. Increasing urbanbiased economic activity and job creation are leading to rapid urbanisation, and a greater number of poor people today are living in cities and towns in India. Slums, often the residence of migrants and urban poor, are underserved areas with poor housing, insufficient living space, basic infrastructure and services such as clean drinking water, drainage and electricity, and poor access to toilets and sanitation services. Urban poverty and life in slums significantly compromise the ability of women and girls to effectively manage menstruation. There are many factors that affect how women manage their monthly period, such as the lack of information and awareness on menstruation, unaffordability of menstrual products, poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure and services, lack of privacy, safety and security. This article seeks to highlight the challenges faced in managing menstruation in the context of a slum/poor urban settlement and the need for a convergent and comprehensive approach involving key stakeholders including communities, civil society and government departments to ensure gender-sensitive, menstrual hygiene management-centric interventions.


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