TVET boost to tackle engineer shortage in Malaysia, says Anwar

KOTA BARU: Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes are set to be enhanced to address the shortage of 30,000 engineers in the country, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He also emphasised the importance of focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to keep pace with current demands. "I mentioned it in front of all...

Number of job vacancies advertised online up by 29.5pc in Q3 of 2023, says Stats Dept

PUTRAJAYA: Job vacancies advertised online recorded an increase of 29.5 per cent with 338,305 vacancies in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023 compared to 261,231 vacancies recorded in the second quarter (Q2) last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). In the Big Data Analytics Job Market Insights and My Job Profile: Job Vacancies...

Non-science stream courses to be revamped to provide skilful expertise, says Zahid

KUALA LUMPUR: Courses in non-science streams will be revamped to provide skilful expertise to university students and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions, in line with the needs of future employment, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister said this was among the priorities of the Madani government, considering the...

Zahid: Malaysia explores sending lecturers for TVET training in South Korea, Turkiye

LONDON: Malaysia is exploring opportunities to send lecturers and trainers, especially in the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), to South Korea and Turkiye, for Training of Trainers (ToT). Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamid (pic) said that these two countries are among the new sources which have the best...

RM30 mil allocation for TVET Programme at Centexs, says Ahmad Zahid

KUCHING: The government has approved an RM30 mil allocation for the development of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme to the Centre Of Technical Excellence Sarawak (Centexs) Commercial, said the Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic). The Deputy Prime Minister said the fund was for a long-term collaboration between TVET and CENTEXS to...

12MP review: No one is left out, says DPM

KUALA LUMPUR: No target group has been left out of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) mid-term review, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister said the review looked at all sectors. *I went through all the details mentioned by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and saw a focus on all sectors. Not...

Stopping at SPM level will affect country’s human resources, says deputy minister

Stopping at SPM level will affect country’s human resources, says deputy minister

MELAKA: The shift of some 300,000 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) graduates in not pursuing higher education is expected to have a detrimental impact on the country’s human resources, particularly in the effort to achieve 35% highly skilled workforce in the economic sector by 2030, says Mustapha Sakmud. The Deputy Human Resources Minister said most SPM certificate-holders...