Meeting on youth training programme
To further improve the production of excellent, knowledgeable, skilful, disciplined, competitive and resilient individuals, the Youth Development Centre (PPB), Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS), organised a discussion session between the trainers and the Advisory Board members of the PPB in Tanah Jambu.
The Permanent Secretary at the MCYS, Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Hamid bin Haji Mohd Jaafar, said the government of His Majesty has allocated a huge amount of financial assistance to prepare and implement training programmes and, for the welfare of the trainees, residential area, food, drinks and allowances.
“Despite all these, there are still more rooms for improvement,” he added.
According to statistics on last year’s training intake at the Youth Development Centre, 47 per cent have been employed in the public and private sector, three per cent are undergoing higher education, another three per cent are involved in entrepreneurship while the remaining 47 per cent are still hunting for employment.
“The centre should be equipped with more skill-training programmes, self development and leadership programmes as well as beneficial, patriotic and religious activities to achieve its goal. The centre should be maximised as it is responsible for helping those edged from the chances of acquiring further formal education.
“I believe we could achieve our goal with the proper planning and systematic budgeting and monitoring, apart from handling the programmes with a positive and proactive attitude. By exposing the trainees to many hands-on skills such as computing, cooking, sewing and others, they will be able to stand on their own two feet and not depend solely on the government upon completion of the courses.”
Increasing training courses and implementing research to find out employment demand in the country are among suggested movements to be executed by the centre.
Among the issues raised were the shortage of professional teaching staff with appropriate knowledge and qualification, lack of raw materials for teaching and learning and uncertified recognition from the Ministry of Education for some courses.
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