SHAH ALAM: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob today announced the implementation of a scholarship programme specifically for B40 students pursuing studies in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) at public higher learning institutions this year.
Ismail said the programme, dubbed Dermasiswa B40 TVET, was to encourage more students to pursue their tertiary studies in TVET, adding that the first intake would involve 1,000 students.
“The government projects that each intake of the programme will involve a financial implication of RM36.41 million,” he said when officiating at the National TVET Week 2022 here today.
He was confident that the programme would provide more opportunities for children, especially from the B40 household, to gain access to education at a higher level and build their own careers in the TVET field.
He said TVET had been identified as one of the 14 game changers in the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) as it was time for TVET to be the main choice of youths in preparing themselves for the future, like in other developed countries.
Ismail said 80% of public TVET providers offered programmes for free, and a total of 171,412 TVET programmes at the diploma and bachelor’s degree levels were offered from 2019 to 2021.
The prime minister said although public awareness of the lucrative income offered to those who work in the TVET sector had increased, it had yet to achieve the target set.
He called on the industrial sector to be a strategic partner by promoting TVET, highlighting career opportunities and allowing students to conduct field visits.
“This can make TVET the main catalyst in producing a highly skilled local workforce like in developed countries,” he said. - FMT
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