Skills education is equally important and should no longer be the
second choice for students and parents, according to the
director-general of Manpower Department of the Human Resource Ministry,
Datuk Romli Haji Hassan.
Speaking to reporters after the 8th
convocation of Institusi Latihan Jabatan Tenaga Manusia (ILJTM) East
Region for Sabah and Labuan FT zone in Sepanggar yesterday, Romli said
that the mindset must be changed.
“Skills education is unlike the
formal academic education which takes longer. In skills education, the
number of students in a class is limited to about 15 so they get more
attention from their lecturers.
“Then most of the graduates from
training institutes like ILJTM and Institute Latihan Politeknik (ILP)
are usually snapped up by prospective employers as soon as they complete
their courses and if they are really good in what they do, they will
command high salary,” he stressed.
Romli disclosed that there is
even an ILJTM graduate of the pipe and gas course who currently commands
a salary of RM7,000 a month and added, the initial wages during the
probationary period may not be high but the remuneration after
confirmation would be assessed according to the skill of the individual.
He
went on to urge parents and students to consider opting for further
education in skills training instead of pursuing for the academic study.
In
Sabah, there are about 12,500 employment opportunities available in the
Sabah Development Corridor so youths in the state must not let this
opportunity slip away, he pointed out.
Romli also expressed hope
to see more corporate companies collaborating with ILJTM in a knowledge
exchange programme in the pursuit to produce more skilled workers for
the country.
The companies currently working with ILJTM are Petronas, SESB and Celcom Axiata, he said.
In
his speech earlier, Romli said 711 students from ILP Kota Kinabalu, ILP
Sandakan and ILP Labuan FT graduated after completing various
certificate courses yesterday.
He added that 57 per cent of
ILJTM’s 6,000 graduates produced annually have secured jobs while
another 12 per cent have yet to be employed with 24 per cent opting to
pursue further studies at the diploma level while a small group have
turned down jobs offered to them.
“Those who rejected the offers
make up about eight per cent of the total and there are various reasons
attributing them to rejecting the job offers and these include
logistics, wrong field, low salary and also because of emotional reason,
where they did not want to be away from their families,” he said.
He
further said that applications for entry into the ILP Kota Kinabalu,
Sandakan and Labuan FT for the new session of 2013 are now open and
applications can be submitted on line.
At the convocation, Amran
Naim from Kota Belud was awarded with the ILJTM’s special award for his
achievements and contributions to ILP Labuan which included attaining
the Excellence Certificate at the Malaysia Skills Competition 2012,
obtaining second place in the Asean Skills Competition 2011 and
representing Malaysia at the Asean Skills Competition in Jakarta next
month.
Amran was however personally unable to attend his convocation as he is currently preparing for the November competition.
His father, Naim Sungko accepted the award on his behalf.
Source: Borneo Post
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ReplyDeleteLearning outside the classroom can help students to enrich their experience and learn about the real life, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
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ReplyDeleteHe said such learning could help the students to enhance their skills which were important for life in the 21st century, which were thinking skills, problem solving, self-study and the skill to work as a team.
Muhyiddin, who is also the Education Minister, said this when opening the World Robotic Olympiad (WRO), here which saw host Malaysia sending the largest contingent with the participation of 56 teams competing in various categories.
ReplyDelete“Learning through activities such as designing, constructing and robot handling will help the students to master knowledge and skills in the fields of computer engineering, electrical and high technology mechanical engineering which have a high demand in industry,” he said.
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ReplyDeleteHe noted that the organising of the WRO in Kuala Lumpur was also appropriate with the declaration of 2012 as the Year of Science and National Innovations Movement (SGI 2012) aimed at mobilising the national development agenda through the enculturation of science and innovations among Malaysians.
ReplyDeleteMuhyiddin said that besides gathering the best students in the field of science worldwide, the WRO was also the best platform to nurture the interest of students in the fields of science and technology through learning based on interesting and exciting experiences.
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ReplyDelete“Robotics today is a rapidly growing field in the industrial sector and the demand for talented young professionals to work in the robotics industry is increasing.
ReplyDelete“I hope these students (participants) would continue to stay in the field of science and technology up to the higher study level in order to give a more meaningful contribution to their respective countries and to be capable of competing in the field,” he said.
ReplyDeleteMuhyiddin said just like in the other developing countries, science and technology played an important role in Malaysia’s development, particularly in efforts towards becoming a developed nation with a high income.
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ReplyDeleteThe two-day competition is being participated by countries such as Australia, Indonesia, China, Costa Rica, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Iran, South Korea, Germany, Egypt, Nigeria, Thailand, Russia and Ukraine.
ReplyDeleteSince its participation in the WRO in 2005, Malaysia had won seven gold medals, eight silver and five bronze and had emerged as the world champion for two years consecutively in 2009 and 2010.