As an effort to overcome the gap between the world of work and the world of education, it is necessary to collaborate in lectures by involving practitioners. The Teaching Practitioner Program is one of the programs initiated by the Ministry of Education and Culture so that university graduates are better prepared to enter the world of work. Implementation of this program, students will be taught by practitioners who are experts in certain fields. This collaboration is carried out in courses delivered in classrooms both offline and online. Like a tit for tat, UNIPMA's Biology Education study program followed up by bringing various practitioners to teach on campus.

"This program encourages active collaboration of expert practitioners with lecturers in order to create a deep and meaningful exchange of knowledge and expertise through collaboration between academics in universities and professionals in the world of work," said Nurul Kusuma Dewi (PIC activity). This activity is one of the mandates of the Ministry of Education and Culture for UNIPMA through the 2022 Independent Campus Competition Program (PKKM) grant.

One of the practitioners who attended the UNIPMA education study program this odd semester was Kharisma Pammai, a teacher from SMAN 3 Merauke and an orchid researcher in the Merauke area. Kharisma Pammai collaborated with Dr. Marheny Lukitasari in providing material on plant diversity in theory, and in collaboration with Dr. Linda Yuhanna during the orchid identification practicum. This course is taken by 3rd semester biology education students. Kharisma Pammai delivered the material for 5 meetings consisting of 4 times online and 1 time offline practicum.

"I am happy to be able to deliver Orchidaceae material and introduce the Merauke Orchid as a learning supplement to UNIPMA students, I can also implement a monograph book that I made for student lectures," said Kharisma Pammai. Through this activity, students can find out what needs to be learned and what skills need to be honed from the implementation of plant diversity courses. After graduating from college they will have qualified and relevant skills in the world of work as teachers, researchers, conservationists and as taxonomists.

The implementation of this activity is expected to have a positive impact on UNIPMA Biology Education students. “This is really new knowledge for me about native Indonesian orchids, especially from the Merauke area. Practitioners conveyed the material clearly and guided us in doing the practicum,” said Ady Setyo (uniPMA student). Hopefully this activity will continue by presenting other practitioners in each course, " hopes Amirul (uniPMA Biology education student).