Let us not politicise education
The political parties don’t fight over whether education is important. They know it is. — Bill Harris, entrepreneur Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal’s lamentation on the lack of job opportunities for graduates is not something new. The growing number of unemployed graduates or graduates having to apply for jobs meant for SPM school leavers is an […]
Unemployed graduates are not idling by
BY CRYSTAL WONG KUCHING: Fresh graduates are having a hard time looking for jobs since the Covid-19 pandemic hit Malaysia in March 2020. Indeed, the unemployment situation among graduates has grown from concern to becoming an issue that is beguiling education planners. According to Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad, the unemployment rate […]
Fresh graduates, unemployed urged to join PPKS programme
KUCHING: Registration is ongoing for the October 2020 intake of the Integrated Internet of Things (IoT) and Cybersecurity in Manufacturing Programme at the Sarawak Skills Development Centre (PPKS), Tabuan Jaya here. PPKS highlighted that diploma and bachelor’s degree holders majoring in computer science, computer systems, electronics, information technology, mechatronics or software engineering, are encouraged to […]
Dept to recruit jobless grads as educators
SERIAN: The State Education Department is in the process of recruiting unemployed graduates as school teachers. According to Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Jawong, there is a shortage of about 2,170 teachers in primary and secondary schools throughout Sarawak. He said he had briefed the Cabinet on the issue and […]
