Higher education ministry says it has met 100-day target

 

The prime minister announced on Aug 27 that ministers needed to show their initial achievements within the first 100 days of holding their portfolios.

PUTRAJAYA: The higher education ministry has successfully implemented four initiatives under the 100-day “Aspirasi Keluarga Malaysia” (Malaysian Family Aspirations) or AKM target for the Cabinet, which began on Sept 1.

These initiatives include the distribution of food vouchers via the Food@Campus Keluarga Malaysia programme; Covid-19 vaccination of the higher education community via Vacc2Campus; providing antigen rapid test kits to students of institutions of higher learning through the RTK@Campus programme; and offering employment opportunities and income generation for students of institutions of higher learning via the GetHired@KPT programme.

The ministry’s deputy secretary-general Mohd Zabri Yusoff said the initiatives were implemented based on three main criteria, that is to be in line with current policies, high impact and measurable, and adapted to the ministry’s slogan #KPTPrihatin.

“The higher education ministry will also take into consideration the aspect of financial resources, where the 100-day AKM target does not require additional government allocation but uses the existing allocation as a result of internal savings,” he said in a statement today.

Under the Food@Campus programme, Zabri said the ministry had so far distributed 470,444 food vouchers worth RM15 each to students from the B40 group, compared with the initial target of 443,760 food vouchers.

Under the Vacc2Campus programme, he said current records showed that 100% of the higher education community had been fully vaccinated.

“This shows positive development towards creating a safe campus.”

Through the RTK@Campus programme, as many as 1.168 million RTK kits had been given out to IPT students, new students as well as off-campus students who commute and students who displayed Covid-19 symptoms.

Zabri said under the GetHired@KPT programme, a total of 13,610 local students had obtained job placements and income generation from the original target of 13,000 students.

“With the availability of tangible assistance such as food vouchers, vaccines, RTK kits and the provision of job opportunities as well as income generation for graduates, the ministry hopes the target group will feel safe and taken care of, especially in terms of welfare and security,” he said.

“I can conclude that the higher education ministry as a whole has succeeded in achieving its 100-day AKM target,” Zabri added.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob in his speech on Aug 27, when announcing his Cabinet line-up, said that ministers needed to show their initial achievements within the first 100 days of holding their portfolios. - FMT