Increasing the Existence of Courses and Training Outdoors Through the Past Learning Recognition (RPL) Mechanism To Higher Education

Abstract

The collaboration carried out by the Directorate General of Vocational Education of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology through the Recognition of Past Learning (RPL) program in tertiary institutions is an effort to increase recognition of concerns about the certificates of course participants and training which are still underestimated. The agreement is later expected to provide benefits for LKP graduates in seeking educational equality. LKP participants have the opportunity to continue their education at Higher Education and be recognized for their competence which is converted to semester credit units (SKS). The research aims to explain how efforts to increase the recognition or existence of LKP outcomes can be provided through the mechanism of RPL provisions with LKP output experiences, so this study investigated a policy perspective on RPL more deeply. This research is library research conducted by searching books, articles, and related documents as well as relevant laws and regulations, to then be analyzed using descriptive analysis. The results of the research show that there is still a need for clarity in the form of detailed and clear guidelines for recognition between all campuses that have vocational study programs, especially those appointed to organize RPL, relating to conversion and assessment in equality of quality and adjustment to the curriculum.