[ABSTRAK
Pada tahun 2005 Kemdikbud mengeluarkan kebijakan penguatan pendidikanvokasional, yaitu target perbandingan 70:30, untuk 70 persen jumlah siswa SMKlebih banyak daripada jumlah siswa SMA pada tahun 2015. Argumentasikebijakan tersebut adalah mengatasi masalah ketenagakerjaan yang berkaitandengan keterampilan yang spesifik dan mengentaskan pengangguran. Sampaibeberapa tahun terakhir ini, jumlah siswa dan sekolah SMK tumbuh relatif cepat.Konsekuensinya anggaran yang dikeluarkan untuk menyelenggarakan pendidikanSMK jumlahnya lebih besar daripada SMA. Namun data menunjukkan bahwatingkat pengangguran lulusan SMK masih lebih tinggi dari lulusan SMA,sedangkan tingkat upah tidak berbeda signifikan. Penelitian ini menggunakananalisis deskriptif dan analisis biaya-manfaat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkanbahwa tingkat pengangguran tamatan SMA dengan SMK tidak terlalu besarperbedaannya, dan perubahan proporsi jumlah siswa 70:30 merupakan kebijakanyang kurang tepat.

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ABSTRACT
In 2005 the Ministry of Education and Cultural issued a policy to strengthenvocational education. The target policy is to change the proportion of studentfrom vocational high school and general high school to 70:30 in 2015. The policyargument is addressing the employment issues relating to the specific skills andalleviate unemployment. Until the last few years, the number of students andvocational school grew relatively fast. The consequences is, the budget spent bythe government on vocational school expenses is higher than general school. However, the data showed that the unemployment rate for vocational graduate ishigher than general school graduate, meanwhile the wage levels did not differsignificantly. This study are using descriptive analysis and cost-benefit analysis.Results show that the comparation of unemployment rate between general schooland vocational school graduates is not to high, and the the changing proportionof 70:30 students are ineficient policies;In 2005 the Ministry of Education and Cultural issued a policy to strengthenvocational education. The target policy is to change the proportion of studentfrom vocational high school and general high school to 70:30 in 2015. The policyargument is addressing the employment issues relating to the specific skills andalleviate unemployment. Until the last few years, the number of students andvocational school grew relatively fast. The consequences is, the budget spent bythe government on vocational school expenses is higher than general school. However, the data showed that the unemployment rate for vocational graduate ishigher than general school graduate, meanwhile the wage levels did not differsignificantly. This study are using descriptive analysis and cost-benefit analysis.Results show that the comparation of unemployment rate between general schooland vocational school graduates is not to high, and the the changing proportionof 70:30 students are ineficient policies, In 2005 the Ministry of Education and Cultural issued a policy to strengthenvocational education. The target policy is to change the proportion of studentfrom vocational high school and general high school to 70:30 in 2015. The policyargument is addressing the employment issues relating to the specific skills andalleviate unemployment. Until the last few years, the number of students andvocational school grew relatively fast. The consequences is, the budget spent bythe government on vocational school expenses is higher than general school. However, the data showed that the unemployment rate for vocational graduate ishigher than general school graduate, meanwhile the wage levels did not differsignificantly. This study are using descriptive analysis and cost-benefit analysis.Results show that the comparation of unemployment rate between general schooland vocational school graduates is not to high, and the the changing proportionof 70:30 students are ineficient policies]