Educational practices today encounter the challenge of skills gap as the demand for diversity of skills qualification both in business and industry have not been fulfilled by the qualified workforce, particularly in the fields of technical and specialized skills. The unsuccessful attempt to meet this demand has resulted the high unemployment rate and sluggish economic growth. Vocational Educationand Training (VET) has the potential totake responsibility in developing opportunities to address these challenges through closing skills gaps, reducing unemployment, and accelerating economic growth as well as to play a crucial role in a social and economy development of a nation.

Addition to having the opportunity in contributing completed above problems, another fact encountered VET in the presence of unfavorable situation, especially in its ability to meet the demands of VET qualification and fulfill ment of learning out comes. In the new economic environment, VET is more expected to produce an educated, skilled, and motivated work force. In this condition, the current issue is not so much about the value and importance of VET but how to ensure its relevance, responsiveness and added value in an increasingly national economy growth.

This conference provides the opportunity for teachers/leacturers, educational practitioners,and stakeholders as well to share knowledge, experiences, and research findings relevant in contributing ideas and considerations for the implementation of VET policy-making in order to strengthen the national economic development and employment demands.

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