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  • This study evaluates the readiness of the vocational education (SMK) ecosystem in Indonesia towards the Human Capital Index and labor productivity targets in the 2025-2045 National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN) towards the Golden Indonesia Vision 2045. The study aims to analyze performance gaps, identify structural barriers, and formulate acceleration strategies. Using a descriptive qualitative approach with a systematic literature review (SLR) and secondary data analysis (2023-2025), the population includes policy documents, BPS statistics, and SINTA/Scopus indexed articles (n>500), purposively sampled into 45 articles and 12 primary documents. The PRISMA-based SLR protocol and Miles-Huberman-Saldana interactive analysis ensure validity through macro-micro triangulation. The results show crucial gaps: TPT of SMK graduates is 8.62% versus the target of 3-4%, low HCI (0.54), persistent skills mismatch, teacher competency deficits violating Prosser's postulate, and Teaching Factory is not market-oriented. In conclusion, ecosystem reconstruction requires revitalization of BLUD, teacher returnship, and integration of green-digital curriculum to realize the demographic dividend..


 

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Green Skills, Human Capital, Golden Indonesia 2045, Vocational Education, Teaching Factory

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Hertanto, Y. (2025). Reconstructing the Vocational Education Ecosystem within the Framework of the Golden Indonesia Vision 2045: Human Capital Gap Analysis and Acceleration Strategy. International Journal of Asian Education, 6(4), 428–432. https://doi.org/10.46966/ijae.v6i4.507

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