This study aims to examine the effectiveness of SQRW (Survey, Question, Read, Write) strategy in maximizing the reading comprehension of the Indonesian vocational students. 17 students from Culinary Art as the experimental group and 17 students from Hospitality Management as the control group at the population of SMKN 3 Parepare. The quasi-experimental design was used in this research. The pretest and posttest result revealed a significant improvement in the experimental group reading comprehension, where the mean score increase from 48.23 to 68.17. The t-test value for the posttest was 3.06, exceeding the t-table value 2.037 (df=32, α=0.05). It is indicated that SQRW is significantly improve the students reading comprehension. Consequently, SQRW strategy can be recommended as viable strategy to enhance the reading comprehension among the vocational students.