PUBLIC VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 10 MALANG DEVELOPS AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
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)
VACATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 10 MALANG JOINS UMM IN DEVELOPING SCHOOL FARM
MALANG – Who said that urban societies are unable to farm? With the knowledge, the less of farmland is no longer a constraint. As being worked by State Vocational High School 10 Malang called School Farm program. By maximizing the dwindling land potential, the management of State Vocational High School 10 Malang is expected to fill out all empty land around the building with productive plants. “Currently, we are planting some plants such as broccolis, beans, and manias. The School Farm development is considered well for developing students’ entrepreneurial spirit”, said by PR Vice of State Vocational High School 10 Malang, Wahyu prasadjaS Pd, to the Malang Post. In order to maximize the school farm function, Wahyu commented, the school has done some important steps. One of them is cooperating with Agriculture and Husbandry Faculty of UMM that will give counseling and agriculture training periodically. Moreover, every student’s activity will be monitored and guided since planting media decision, organic fertilizer preparation, planting technique, plants treatment until the harvest time. “We signed an MOU with the Agriculture and Husbandry Faculty of UMM who will guide the students in learning and developing organic farming in the urban,” Wahyu explained. Wahyu continued, school farm program based on the school’s objective do not only hone the students’ ability according to their competencies only, but also be skilful in other areas such as farming. Furthermore, nowadays school has learned the potential in the Kedung Kawang sub-district. From the result, it was known that there are many farming potentials can be developed in order to support food security program. For the example is Wonokoyo, there is famous agricultural production development with the organic farming village “We had discussed with the developer of organic farming village in order to help us in realizing this School Farm together. After the discussion with the citizen, we seemed like to get such positive response”. Meanwhile, in different occasion, Haryanto M Pd as the Headmaster of State Vocational High School 10 Malang explained that the planning in realizing agricultural entrepreneurship for the students has a purpose so that the school has plus value to stand amid the society in the future. (ily/nda/t_iqa)
Konsep Tradisional di FPP
Hari ketiga Pengenalan Studi Mahasiswa Baru (Pesmaba) Fakultas Pertanian dan Peternakan (FPP) diawali dengan Safari Rektor (8/9). Bersama Pembantu Rektor dan jajaran rektorat, Rektor UMM Dr. Muhadjir Effendy, MAP disambut oleh 454 mahasiswa baru dengan nyanyian selamat datang. Bertempat di Rusunawa I, acara pesmaba tersebut bertemakan “One Person, One Act, One Effect For Our Word Life”. Dalam sambutannya, Dr. Muhadjir Effendy, MAP mengucapkan selamat datang kepada mahasiswa baru yang berasal dari sabang hingga merauke tersebut. Sebagai awal, Dr. Muhadjir Effendy, MAP memperkenalkan para Pembantu Rektor beserta para jajaran dan Tupoksinya. Setelah itu dilanjutkan dengan pengenalan fasilitas dan bidang kerjasama yang ada di UMM. “Manfaatkan fasilitas yang ada di UMM. Dan tunjukkan bahwa anda semua disini bangga menjadi mahasiswa UMM, pertahankan nilai baik,” ujar Dr. Muhadjir Effendy, MAP. Kali ini Pesmaba FPP menggunakan konsep alam. Dekorasi yang terpajang pada panggung menunjukkan pemandangan alam pedesaan. Dilengkapi dengan gubuk dan properti pedesaan, FPP menunjukkan kedekatannya dengan alam. “Kami (panitia.red) ingin mengajak para mahasiswa baru dekat dengan alam. Pada safari jurusan, kami mengajak para maba untuk berkeliling ke laboratorium dan lahan yang merupakan fasilitas FPP,” ungkap Wisnu Mukti selaku ketua panitia. Hal yang membedakan dengan tahun lalu juga terletak pada acara hiburan yang mana kali ini FPP mengundang stand up comedy. Tahun ini FPP menerima mahasiswa baru dari Agroteknologi 110 mahasiswa, ITP (Ilmu Teknologi Pangan) 108 mahasiswa, Peternakan 86 mahasiswa, Agribisnis 84 mahasiswa, Perikanan 46 mahasiswa, dan Kehutanan 20 mahasiswa. lia