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Revitalization of vocational education in Indonesia is implemented based on Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 9 of 2016 on Revitalization of Vocational Schools (SMK) to Improve the Competitiveness of Human Resources of Indonesia. This Inpres became the foundation of the Directorate of Vocational Education in the ministry of education and culture as a work unit directly mandated to carry out the realization of SMK revitalization. Road Map revitalization of SMK 2017-2019, referring to four challenges of education in Indonesia, (1) The fourth new Industrial Revolution just present, (2) ASEAN-level globalization which has been enforced through ASEAN Economic Community, (3) The fulfillment of human resource in the 2045 gold generation by utilizing the momentum of demographic bonus, and to (4) the presence of millennial generation of Indonesia. The revitalization of SMK is done gradually taking into account the vast and diverse potential of Indonesia's territory, resources, and real labor needs to support the economic development and development of the region. Considering the foregoing matters, the Directorate of Vocational Education for the fiscal year 2017 together with the team of higher education has selected 125 SMKs focusing on four areas of expertise as piloting the implementation of the SMK Revitalization Program covering areas of expertise: (1) Agriculture (agribusiness and agro technology for food resilience), (2) Maritime, (3) Tourism and (4) Creative Industries. Higher Education in this case is the university preparing teachers and vocational workers are expected to play an active role to jointly with other vocational education and training institutions involved in preparing, managing strategies, implementing, directing and supervising revitalization activities in several vocational schools as pilot projects. The focus of revitalization activities involves curriculum alignment, institutional, learning or instructional innovation, capacity building of teachers and education personnel, standardization of facilities and infrastructure, and industrial cooperation. In general, there are two roles of higher education in this context , first in terms of preparing and developing vocational teachers (pre-service and in-service training), and second, as part of SMK revitalization.