Malaysia

Mindef working on TVET training for military children

Deputy minister says meetings held with Petronas, Tenaga Nasional Bhd on programmes

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 17 Apr 2023 10:40AM

Mindef working on TVET training for military children
The Defence Ministry provides several educational assistance schemes at the diploma and degree levels to military children, but only a few choose to continue their studies in technical and vocational education training, says Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari. – Education Ministry pic, April 17, 2023

ALOR GAJAH – The Defence Ministry is working to provide military children with technical and vocational education training (TVET), especially those at tertiary-education level.

Deputy minister Adly Zahari said meetings have been held with Petronas and Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) to devise TVET-related training and job matching programmes for military children.

“The ministry provides several educational assistance schemes at the diploma and degree levels, especially under the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) Foundation, in addition to one-off assistance for those who pursue university studies.

“This is relatively a large group but only a few choose to continue their studies in the field of TVET and earlier, we had also focused on empowering TVET among defence personnel who were going to retire,” he told reporters after a breaking fast event here last night.

He said TVET empowerment among military children would produce skilled and quality human resources, especially for local industries.

“This is in line with the aspiration of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is the National TVET Council chairman, to increase the marketability of graduates especially in the TVET field.” – Bernama, April 17, 2023

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