Community-based vocational training centers need to be improved: VP 5 hours ago
Vice President Ma ruf Amin has asked that the quality of teaching and instructors at Community-based Vocational Training Centers (BLKs) be improved. (Asdep KIP Setwapres) Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian Vice President Ma ruf Amin has called for improving the quality of Community-based Vocational Training Centers (BLKs) in the country, especially in terms of training materials and facilitators.
Amin conveyed his views on the subject while receiving Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah at his residence in Jakarta on Thursday.
During the meeting, Amin lauded the increasing number of religious-based community institutions, such as Islamic boarding schools, that are served by the training program, said spokesperson for the Vice President, Masduki Baidlowi.
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FEATURE-In COVID-19 s shadow, migrants find solace in Ramadan prayers and online iftars Reuters 2 hrs ago Communities get creative to mark second pandemic Ramadan Many Muslim migrants face isolation during lockdowns Community support vital to fight loneliness
By Jack Graham and Beh Lih Yi
TORONTO/KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - W hen Sharbano pictures the Islamic holy month of Ramadan back home in Oman, she remembers precious time with her large family, children running between houses, and neighbors delivering the iftar evening meal to each other and to the mosque.
Now seeking asylum in Canada, the 37-year-old lives with her two brothers in Pickering, a city in southern Ontario, and is observing the month of dawn-to-dusk fasting that began this week under lockdown for a second year.