By Zareef Muzammil
SHAH ALAM, Dec 13 — The Selangor Skills and Employment Council will be established next year to create new training areas to meet market demands, said Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari.
He said the special committee will gather employers and institutions to estimate the needed jobs based on investment sectors currently in the approval process.
Furthermore, its role is to enhance worker productivity while providing opportunities for the state’s residents to benefit from existing and upcoming employment opportunities.
“Take programming as an example. This field is very popular and in demand, but some campus programming training is not up-to-date with new technologies.
“When they (students) complete their studies, they must undergo professional training to become good programmers. As such, this is one of the fundamental things we must do next year,” Amirudin said.
He was speaking after the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between the Selangor Technical Skills Development Centre (STDC) and the Education Ministry’s Vocational Technical Education and Training (TVET) Division at STDC’s campus yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Menteri Besar sees a need to establish a policy encouraging school students to take TVET as an additional curriculum.
“We need to propose a policy on involving children in schools so the TVET fields can be added to the curriculum, whether it is a policy at the ministry level or an Education Department directive.
“Through this platform, TVET can still be developed and strengthened in line with the establishment of the upcoming committee,” Amirudin said.
