M'sia needs to achieve 50pc skilled workforce by 2020
Published on: Sunday, November 23, 2014
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KOTA KINABALU: Deputy Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Muttalib said the country needs to achieve a 50 per cent skilled workforce by 2020 in order to become an advanced country."Currently only 28 per cent of the country's workforce are categorised as skilled labour."This figure is much lower than other advanced countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom at 43 per cent and Hong Kong at 36 per cent.
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"By 2020 the country needs to achieve a 50 per cent skilled workforce in order to become an advanced country."We need to increase the highly skilled workers composition by at least 37 per cent by 2015 to be an advanced country."To realise this goal, the country would create a workforce that have knowledge in different fields, including science and technology."Ismail said this in his speech read out by Human Resource Ministry Secretary General Datuk Saripuddin bin Kassim at the 10th Labour Department Training Institute 2014 convocation for Sabah and Labuan at Institut Latihan Perindustrian (ILP) Kota Kinabalu, Saturday.
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Meanwhile, speaking to the 512 ILP graduates, Saripuddin urged them to grab job opportunities within and outside the country, including in the oil and gas industry."The oil and gas industry needs 70,000 manpower in the next 5-10 years. Many ILP students are currently working in foreign countries in the oil and gas industry with RM30,000 average wages (per month)."
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Saripuddin said as such, the Human Resource Ministry would be taking up to 50,000 students each year to create highly skilled manpower for the nation's needs.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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