MARITIME ACADEMY THE FORGOTTEN EDUCATION?

Lately, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia, endevours to improve the ratio between vocational education and common education proportionally. In the past, the ratio, between vocational education and non vocational education is about 40:60 and there will become about 60:40 in the near future. However, in higher education level, among other vocational education types,
the Maritime Academy or popularly known as Maritime Education and Training (hereafter MET) seemingly gets less attention from the government and the society. Consequently, this vocational education becomes the ‘third class’ vocational education in the eyes of the stakeholders. As a matter of fact, this vocational education and training shares significantly the national revenue each year. Then, the demand of the seafarers (officers) recently improves significantly either national or international wide. This paper tries to discuss the current phenomena and condition of the Maritime Education and Training in Indonesia, particularly the private Maritime Education and Training.