TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto said the public showed high enthusiasm about the pre-employment card program. As of Sunday, April 12, at 4 p.m. or 21 hours since the registration was opened, there were a total of 1,432,133 registrants.

“Out of the total 1.4 million, 80,000 registrations are recorded in one minute, so the server capacity was enhanced,” said Airlangga in a written statement, Sunday, April 12.

As the chairman of the Job Creation Committee, Airlangga explained that the government ensured the program system, including the server, front-end and back-end system, would run well. Besides, the data and server security would be concerned, too.

“We see this enthusiasm as a reflection of the high public expectations for the pre-employment program,” he added.

According to him, more than 900 online courses of a variety of types and levels, ranging from beginners to advanced ones, are available on eight digital platforms. Half of them are practical, simple courses that help people get jobs and therefore, earn new income.

“The first batch of the registration is open until Thursday, April 16, at 4 p.m. If the registration is failed, people are allowed to join the second batch without passing the registration process again,” Airlangga explained.

The approvals of the pre-employment card registration will be announced on Friday, April 17, and the courses could be taken starting Saturday, April 18. The face-to-face training could be done after the evaluation of the safety aspects and health standards.

“We are trying to add more types of training to increase the competition and provide more choices for the people,” Airlangga concluded.

MUHAMMAD HENDARTYO