AIMSMET GLOBAL under the AIMSMET GROUP collaborates with Institute of Commercial Management (ICM), United Kingdom launched the “Earn while you Learn” – Industry Sponsorship Program (ISP) towards Skills Apprenticeship Scheme for a Malaysia Skilled Future.
The Program was endorsed by YB Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Bin Ismail, Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP). The Chairman of AIMSMET GROUP, Professor Dato’ Dr Jayles Yeoh, the CEO of Institute Commercial Management, Mr. Adair Ford and the CEO of AIMSMET Lifestyle Service, Ms Alice Hoang paid a courtesy visit to the Minister’s office and the endorsement was sealed by the signing of plaque by the Minister and the CEO of ICM, UK.
The ultimate goal is to draw young Malaysians, regardless of their starting points, into jobs and sectors that are growing, and equip them with the right skills and experience under the right ICM program for careers in these areas.
In recent months, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad addressed that the government will press priority on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) under the Shared Prosperity Vision in efforts to increase the people’s employment through skilled competency. Dr Mahathir mentioned that TVET played an important role in improving the skills of workers and that training must be made a precedency.
The
Shared Prosperity Vision will encompass the 12th and 13th Malaysia Plans,
spanning 10 years from 2021 to 2031. Thus, the launching of the ISP for Skills
Apprenticeship Scheme with AIMSMET LIFESTYLE SERVICE as the pioneer is a timely
program that is poised to champion the government’s vision in reducing the
unemployment rate in Malaysia and enhancing the skilled competency among the
youths for a digital economy.
The Critical Skills Monitoring Committee (CSC) identified that two of the critical jobs-lacking in its work force are the service and sales workers.
Among the reasons are lack of fluency in English, communications skill, customer service skill and the ability to multi-task. Hence the retail sector, mainly the Food & Beverage areas, requires immediate solutions to engage and train local Malaysian, especially school leavers, to fill these gaps.
Since the initial introduction of the Industry Sponsorship Program in September 2017 and the recruiting partnership with ACT Hubs Sdn Bhd in 2018, AIMSMET have over 30 industries ranging from Food & Beverage to Digital Economy to Client Services such as Starbucks Coffee Company, McDonald’s (Gerbang Alaf Restaurants), Marrybrown, Only World Group (OWG), Watsons and many more sponsoring more than 80 school leavers and graduates in the ICM programs.
Through this movement, the skills, passion and contributions of every
individual will drive each organization’s next phase of human capital
development towards an advanced mastery of skills and lifelong learning.
During the meeting, YB Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Bin Ismail, Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP), said, “In order for Malaysia to become a developed nation, the Malaysian human capital needs to be further developed with programs such as AIMSMET’s Industry Sponsorship Program.
As the government, we are committed to reduce the disparities of income for those living in the rural areas. We have applied the spirit of shared prosperity in the 2020 Budget and have prioritized sectors such as TVET and skills training. While Malaysia has made great strides in human capital development since independence, we cannot afford to sit on our laurels as we still have much to do before achieving our goal of being a knowledge economy that is competitive on a global scale.”
In
conjunction with the endorsement of the “Earn while you Learn” – Industry
Sponsorship Program, a panel discussion was held on the topic, “A Paradigm
Shift in Education & Training – Skilled Apprenticeship Model”. 0ver 200
university students, educationists and industry players were present to gain
knowledge and industry insights. Among the panelists were Dato’ ’Sri Michael
Kang, President of SME Malaysia, Datuk Dr Chef Wan, Celebrity Chef, Datin
Winnie Loo, Founder of ‘A Cut Above’, Dr Janson Ang, Founder of The Giving Bank
Organization and Mr. Adair Ford, CEO of Institute of Commercial Management, UK
while Prof. Dato ’Dr Jayles Yeoh, Chairman of AIMSMET Group was the moderator.
According to Prof. Dato ’Dr Jayles Yeoh, Chairman of AIMSMET Group, “The aim of this Industry Sponsorship Program is to bridge the gap and speed up the pace in producing knowledge workers through the private sector.
AIMSMET is ambitiously looking to revolutionize the academic thinking by introducing real life education to ensure no misfits to the relevant industries. With continuous support from the government and private sector, the ambition to make Malaysia as the global leader in providing High Quality Knowledge Worker for various industries is realized.
Ultimately we hope to see positive spin off for the economy as we are able to provide skilled knowledge workers for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) into the country.”
Also
present at the event was Miss Tiffany Lim, Founder of ACT Hubs, who works
closely with AIMSMET to connect with Industry Partners and to recruit school
leavers for the program.
Both AIMSMET & ACT presented a cheque of RM20,000 to support Yayasan Food Bank Malaysia at the event. Present to receive the cheque was Mr. Abdul Wahab Long, CEO of Food Bank Malaysia.
Interested to get to know more about AIMSMET,
Website : http://www.aimsmetglobal.org:8093/
Both AIMSMET & ACT presented a cheque of RM20,000 to support Yayasan Food Bank Malaysia at the event. Present to receive the cheque was Mr. Abdul Wahab Long, CEO of Food Bank Malaysia.
Interested to get to know more about AIMSMET,
Website : http://www.aimsmetglobal.org:8093/
