Teaching Practitioner is a program initiated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia so that college graduates are better prepared to enter the world of work. This program encourages active collaboration between expert practitioners and champion lecturers to create a deep and meaningful exchange of knowledge and expertise between academics in higher education and professionals in the world of work. This collaboration is carried out in courses delivered in classrooms both offline and online.
The objectives of carrying out teaching practitioner activities are to close the gap between the competencies of new graduates and the needs of the world of work, encourage collaboration between universities and industry in providing practical and applicable learning, and increase the relevance of the skills of Indonesian university graduates to the needs of the world of work and industry.
In the Bachelor of Mathematics study program, period 3 of the teaching practitioner has been implemented. The courses that have practical teaching are statistical methods taught by Mrs. Siska Yosmar and Mrs. Septri Damayanti with the collaborating teaching practitioner being Mrs. Fatmasari Damayanti from BPS Bengkulu Province, and the disaster mathematics course taught by Mr. Jose Rizal and Mr. Yulian Fauzi. This teaching practitioner activity was carried out in 6 meetings, starting from 28th October 2023 to 2nd December 2023.