Upskilling people crucial in the era of AI
DUBAI: Governments can do more to upskill people and protect jobs in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), experts at the Global Future Councils forum said. Micaela Mantegna, a TED Fellow at Universidad de San Andrés, emphasised the importance of addressing current AI risks in a session titled ‘From Abogamers to Prompt Engineers: Navigating a […]
FLC Open Day: Upskilling, reskilling through ProCEL
BY DAYANG NUR MILLIANA FITRI AWANG OMAR THE Faculty of Language and Communication (FLC) at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) held an open day on May 17 and 18 at the faculty building to promote available courses to people wanting to pursue tertiary studies. The faculty offers three different courses — Strategic Communication, English for Global Communication, and […]
Park staff attend upskilling training
MIRI: The Totally Protected Area (TPA) Management Division of Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) recently conducted the Upskilling Training on Work Environment and Facilities Inspections for TPAs in Sarawak Series 1. The training held at Niah National Park from Sept 5 to 9 involved 30 park staff consisting of park wardens and rangers from 16 TPAs […]
Coding! A necessary 21st-century skill
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful, has ever exercised such absolute authority to arrange a stage or field of battle and to command such unswervingly dutiful actors or troops. ― Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist Coding a […]
Skill up and seize opportunities, Hasidah tells young
KUCHING: Investing in the development of human capital is important as it is the main driving force in the state’s march towards progress. In stating this, Deputy Minister in the Sarawak Premier’s Department (Law, MA63 and State-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said the younger generation should therefore equip themselves with knowledge and […]
Upskilling the next-gen
By Neville Timothy Sanders & Annabell Naja The Centre of Technical Excellence Sarawak (CENTEXS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yayasan Sarawak that was tasked with training and upskilling the young generation to meet the technical needs and requirements of the state industries, with a focus on various sectors such as oil and gas trade, […]
Upskill programmes and professional certification for Sarawak Business Events Association members
KUCHING: The newly registered Sarawak Business Events Association (SBE) pledged to advance and elevate the standards of the industry. The association aims to fulfil its objective acting as a platform for its members in reciprocating knowledge and ideas related to business events. Its president Frederick Ho said SBE, being the first state-level business events association […]
Upskilling teachers as qualified STEM educators
KUCHING: Yayasan Petronas has inducted the second cohort of 176 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) teachers from across 120 secondary school districts for the Program Duta Guru (PDG). “The selected teachers are excellent educators with high potential to become leaders in their field and communities,” said Yayasan Petronas chief executive officer Nelly Francis Shariah. […]
Opportunities in building sector for those made jobless by Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR: The Works Ministry is prepared to train people who lost their jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic so that they would have the skills required to work in the construction industry, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said this would be done under a special programme of […]
Second chance for unemployed
KUALA LUMPUR: Initiatives proposed by the government in Budget 2021 could provide those who lost their jobs due to Covid-19 a second chance. Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan viewed the government’s move in providing allocation at creating employment opportunities, largely in the form of ‘place and train’ programmes through ‘reskilling’ and […]
