Students’ Learning Interest in the Implementation of Distance Learning in Vocational High Schools

—Productive subjects in vocational high schools require hands-on practice and guidance. The existence of distance learning applied to Software Application and Building Interior Design (SAABI) subjects as one of the productive subjects due to the covid 19 pandemic caused students' understanding and interest to decline. This study aims to find out how much influence distance learning has on interest in learning in SAABI subjects at SMKN 4 Tangerang Indonesia. The quantitative correlational approach is carried out by distributing questionnaires to the Building Modeling and Information Design Study Program students. The results showed that the distance learning process in SAABI subjects at SMKN 4 Tangerang was tolerable. Students' interest in learning in SAABI subjects at SMKN 4 Tangerang was also categorized acceptable. The level of distance learning relationship has a strong effect on students' interest in learning, with a significant influence reaching 49.4%. The magnitude of the impact of distance learning on students' interest in education needs to be considered for improving the quality of distance learning in productive subjects.