Zambry: Efforts needed to boost student employability, talks with other ministries ongoing

The Star

A discussion was held with the Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) and the Science, Technology, and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) revealing the need for universities to produce graduates that match the needs of the market and the industry.  Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir told reporters on Friday (Jan 12) that the government needs to think about how to produce more technical graduates at the polytechnic, community college or university levels.  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/mvdjshn3  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 So you are in cooperation with MITI?

00:03 I have discussed with MITI and MOST

00:09 MITI's concept is to create graduates

00:16 who are needed in the market

00:21 and this is a way to make a match happen

00:27 We don't want to release graduates who are not in the market

00:39 This doesn't mean that they are only needed in the market

00:43 but the market needs, in the industry for example

00:47 There are people who need them in the semiconductor sector

00:51 because Malaysia is one of the biggest semiconductor countries in the world

00:59 So we need to think about how to create more technical graduates

01:07 whether in the polytechnic, college community or university

01:16 to create graduates who have a passion or a choice in this field

01:23 Zafro told me that the need for the semiconductor sector is very much needed

01:34 because there are more than 40,000 students

01:39 and how many students can be enrolled in the university?

01:46 I am not only talking about the university, but also the polytechnic and college community

01:52 Thank you.

01:53 [END]

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