The Higher Education Ministry (MOHE) has invited all industry players to assist it in developing the best Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme in the future.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the approach is the best platform for industry players to fill the job market as the best talent could be found through such a partnership.
“Come and bring along all your skills, expertise, experience and technology. Share with us through our universities in the country.
“This is an important matter as no industry is safe or can be resilient without a stable and adequate supply of talent. Our universities and training providers have advantages, knowledge and useful research that can benefit the industries,” he said in his speech officiating the Sime Darby Foundation TVET Day 2023 celebrations today, in the presence of Finance Ministry Treasury secretary-general Datuk Johan Mahmood @ Johan Mahmood Merican and Sime Darby Berhad group chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Jeffri Salim Davidson.
Jeffry said during the event that the foundation had provided scholarships worth more than RM360 million to over 5,400 students and awarded over RM37 million to support TVET education in Malaysia through the YSD Skill Enrichment Bursary Programme since its inception in 1982.
The foundation offered these bursaries via TVET collaborations with various partners and through those collaborations, its scholars attained vocational and technical skills which were internationally recognised, he added.
“I am very proud to say that 100 percent of the foundation’s TVET bursary recipients have secured jobs after graduation and many of them are hired within the Sime Darby companies, which is a great endorsement of the quality of their skills,” Jeffri said.
The foundation also announced today that it would commit an additional RM29.7 million from 2023 to 2028 under the TVET Bursaries Programme, having committed RM37.4 million in scholarships, propelling 1,412 talented individuals on their vocational education journeys since 2007.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency
