Jakarta, April 8 -- Indonesia is urging universities to help prepare students for overseas employment through campus-based migrant centers, as the government targets deploying up to 500,000 skilled workers abroad in 2026.

The push was outlined by Dwi Setiawan Susanto, Director General for Overseas Employment Promotion at the Ministry of Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection, who said universities are well placed to support the initiative through their established career development centers.

"Universities already have career development centers, making them strategic partners in preparing skilled migrant workers," Susanto said in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Speaking at an event to strengthen Career Development Centers (CDC), he said the gover...