Prabowo said the unemployment rate has dropped, the legislature suggested that

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said unemployment in Indonesia is descending to the lowest level since the 1998 crisis. Lawmakers have suggested to keep creating mass employment. Initially, a member of the House of Representatives Commission IX of the PKB faction, Zainul Munasichin, said the data unveiled by Prabowo was released by the official government institution, namely the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The public must therefore lead the data as credible data. “As far as the facts in the field are concerned, our job exchange is now filled with job applicants, it is a reflection material as well as an evaluation to confirm the BPS data with the state of field reality,” Zainul told reporters on Saturday (8/16/2025). Browse to continue with the content, he has revealed a number of ways to reduce unemployment. First, the improvement of the investment climate in Indonesia, a high cost economy should be reduced, the incremental capital output ratio (ICOR) should also be reduced by 4 %. Zainul must be added to increase industrialization and the creation of mass employment for investments that are capital -intensive to grow industrialization and the creation of mass employment. Furthermore, Zainul suggested that the vocational education be reinforced, and the relationship must be more than 30 % of scientific education. Then the Job Training Center (BLK) must be supported by sufficient funds to train more skilled workers. “The Competence Certification Budget by BNSP (National Professional Certification Agency) must be reproduced, not just 150 thousand a year, it is very small to be able to bear a certified workforce. Previously, during the MPR annual session and the joint session of the DPR DPD, Prabowo said and between the investment institutions of more than USD 1 trillion. Prabowo said, and will create between millions of quality jobs, especially in the downstream field. Here Prabowo was grateful at the time that the national unemployment rate had fallen. “Alhamdulillah, today the national unemployment rate has managed to fall to the lowest level since the 1998 crisis,” Prabowo said. (ISA/IDN)