BANGI: Entrepreneurship should be seen as a potential new career path for students, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin told students and graduates today.
Speaking at the launch of the higher education ministry’s Career Advancement Programme (CAP), organised under Penjana’s economic stimulus package, he said entrepreneurship can also create more jobs for others.
Towards this end, the Higher Education Institution Entrepreneurship Action Plan for 2021-2025 is being developed at tertiary-level institutions, he added.
Muhyiddin also urged those graduating in 2020, and also graduates who have not secured jobs so far this year, to join the CAP programme using the Graduates Reference Hub portal (GREaT).
“Try to benefit from this opportunity to improve your skills and competency as it will increase your marketability.”
Higher Education Minister Noraini Ahmad, who was present, said under the Penjana scheme, her ministry had been allocated RM100 million to launch employability programmes to cushion the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on prospective graduates.
She said this year, 300,000 are scheduled to graduate.
“Taking into account the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ministry estimates that 25% (or 75,000) of these graduates may have difficulty securing employment in the six-month period after completing their courses.
“Based on the 41,161 graduates who have yet to start work in 2019 and the 75,000 for this year, a total of 116,161 graduates must be given special attention to increase their employability.” - FMT
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