Community College: Expectation and Reality

Law no. 12 Year 2012 on Higher Education provides formal legality for Community College as one form of higher Education, which organizes vocational education at Diploma Level 1 (D1) or Diploma Level 2 (D2) in one or several branches of particular science or technology by concerning on local excellence to meet a special need. In the early stages of 2012, 35 Community Colleges were developed through the study programs outside of the domicile. The early development of Community College aims at increasing the potential of its region, the ability of senior high school graduates to be self-sufficient as well as expanding the access to higher education and improving college GER (Gross Enrollment Rate). Local people and the public expect that the Community College is able to motivate the society and the high school graduates community to be an alternative choice of education.