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| Published on Malang Post, January 11, 2014 |
MALANG – Surrounded by fertile soil and plenty of water makes Indonesia has a big chance to show its gait in agriculture. In terms of economics, agriculture can be done by people from the lowest level of economics until elite community.
This becomes an important point that makes the students of Public Vocational High School (SMKN) 10 Malang join agricultural entrepreneurial motivation and development by a lecturer of Agriculture Faculty of University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM), Rachmad Pulung Sudibyo, SP.MP on Friday (10/1), yesterday afternoon.
Began with audio-visual activity, the students enjoyed together educative show in the school hall. Next, no less than one hundred students got field motivation and theories about agricultural entrepreneurship.
“Rachmad Pulung Sudibyo, SP.MP was trusted to develop entrepreneurship at UMM and the community, mainly in youth community of Kelurahan Gadang. We are sure that our students will be inspired from him to realize their entrepreneurial spirit in agriculture," Headmaster of Public Vocational High School 10 Malang,” Drs. Haryanto, MPd, said.
Entrepreneurship focus that is applied at Public Vocational High School 10 Malang is vegetable cultivation such as eggplant, broccoli, tomato, and chilli. At this time, that business has been developed in school garden and and polybags around school building located at Malang International Education Field (MIEF).
“Entrepreneurship is inseparable from education, mainly vocational education. Without entrepreneurial spirit, the materials delivered by the teachers in class will not be useful," Haryanto explained.
Next, Haryanto said, Public Vocational High School 10 will hold partnership with UMM to make his students' entrepreneurial program can be conducted continuously.
Besides, this friendly man also said that he would have project on the business of rabbit, eel livestock, etc. which are suitable with the needs of the people. Including tofu that is fermented with seawater essence that now is still in completion phase. (ily/nda)
