KUALA LUMPUR – The Youth and Sports Ministry wants the government through the Human Resources Ministry to restructure the existing technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programme to avoid duplication and wastage in its implementation.
Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh said the TVET programme which is currently implemented by various entities should be centralised under one ministry.
“This TVET is implemented by various ministries that have their own programmes, causing confusion for industry players and graduates from the point of view of employment and so on.
“There is no need for all the ministries to do their own TVET programmes because it will look unmanaged as well as unfocused, which will cause wastage,” she said when opening the Second Consultative Session of the National Youth Consultation Council at the International Youth Centre, here today.
As an example, she said if a ministry allocates RM50 million for the purpose of upgrading its TVET programme but the student intake does not reach the maximum level, it will lead to a waste of manpower issues in the future.
Yeoh said that her ministry is ready to cooperate with the Human Resources Ministry to restructure the TVET programmes, which she feels also need to remain relevant to the demands of today’s youth.
“There are many programmes that may have been popular when I was in school, but now with the gig economy, many young people care about flexible working hours. Their views towards TVET now are also different, if we still conduct programmes that do not attract attention, of course we will not be able to get the youth’s full participation,” she said.
Also present at the event were her deputy Adam Adli Abdul Halim and Majlis Belia Malaysia president Mohd Izzat Afifi Abdul Hamid. – Bernama, January 26, 2023
