500 TVET SCHOLARS TO BE SENT FOR TRAINING ABROAD
By Subaashinee Kupusamy,
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 February: Fifty-six technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions around the country will send 500 young people to China next month for advanced skills training.
Mohammad Rizan Hassan, secretary-general of the National Association of Skilled Workers, said the agreement was reached during a meeting with the institutions on Tuesday at the Rubber Industry Smallholder Development Authority (Risda) headquarters.
The meeting’s goal was to get an agreement in favour of the government’s proposal to create the Malaysia-China Institute (MCI).
According to him, the selected young people have passed Levels 2 and 3 of the Malaysian Skills Certificate provided by the Skills Development Department and will be trained in eight major skill areas.
“The skill areas involved are electric vehicles, solar technology, ecommerce, digital, and information and communication technology, electricity and electronics, railway technology, manufacturing-related services, and machinery and equipment,” he said in a statement on Tuesday, according to Bernama.
On January 16, Deputy Prime Minister and National TVET Council chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced that the Chinese government and industries were willing to provide additional scholarships for 1,000 Malaysian students to attend skills training for three months to a year.
The scholarship offer was made in partnership with MCI as part of the Chinese government’s Belt and Road Initiative as stated in The Star.
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