Sustaining Technical and Vocational Education Training Based on Competency and Creativity Instructors

Abstract

This quantitative study examines the issue of the implementation of the sustainability of Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) among the instructors of the Training Institute of the Human Resources Department (ILJTM) based on competence and creativity. This study determines whether there is a relationship and influence of competence and creativity of teaching staff on the implementation of TVET sustainability. This study also determines whether creativity is a mediator or not between the relationship of competence and the implementation of TVET sustainability. A total of 444 ILJTM teaching staff were involved as survey respondents. Pearson's Correlation Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) are data analysis techniques in this study. The results of the study show that all the mean values of the variables are at a high level, namely competence mean=4.27, creativity mean=4.10 and TVET sustainability mean=4.35. The results of Pearson Correlation analysis found that there is a significant and positive relationship at a medium level for competence (r=0.64, p<0.05) and a high level for creativity (r=0.22, p<0.05) with the implementation of TVET sustainability. Meanwhile, the regression analysis of the SEM path shows that competence and creativity significantly affect the implementation of TVET sustainability with β values of β=0.23 and β=0.37 respectively. For the SEM path regression analysis on creativity, it was found that competence is a significant predictor with a β value of β=0.36. Next, the findings of the influence of the mediator that is creativity for the relationship between competence and the implementation of TVET sustainability is that there is a partial mediator effect. Therefore, in order to increase the level of effectiveness of TVET's sustainability implementation, improvements are needed from the aspects of training infrastructure, curriculum, industry relations, instructor expertise and training quality assurance.