This is the ambition of the government.
But NST says, we only have NUTs without Bolts!
No Bolts; NUTs Only!
In an ambitious move to produce skilled Malaysians, the Government approved the opening of 1,908 public and private vocational training centres.
But something has gone terribly wrong.
Almost half the National Vocational Training Council (MLVK)-accredited centres have been asked to close down.
800 centres close down last year and another 200 of the 1,108 public and private institutions, currently offering about 6,000 MLVK programmes to about 100,000 students nationwide, may face the same fate.
The council found many irregularities in the way the 800 centres were run.
Several thousand students have been affected by the closure of these centres.
MLVK director-general Wan Seman Wan Ahmad confirmed that the Human Resources Ministry was investigating 200 centres offering MLVK certification programmes.
"We had been receiving complaints since 2003 about these institutions," he said.
"After investigations, we found the centres lacked competent lecturers or proper facilities and equipment. There was also non-compliance with the terms and conditions stipulated by the MLVK. Other institutions did not even provide the required teaching materials."
More than 30,000 students pursued MLVK programmes at these institutions.
Courses offered by MLVK- accredited centres include motorcycle assembly, construction, agriculture industry, land transportation, electronic audio and video, and woodworking and furniture. Each course lasts between two and five years.
A one-year course that extended to three years, and exams with answers provided.
These were among the experiences of 525 students who had enrolled for the National Vocational Training Council (MLVK) programme in 2001 and 2002 in the Ansted Skills Centre branches in Klang, Kapar and Kuala Lumpur.
Four years later, they have yet to receive their Malaysian Skills Certificate.
The reason: The centre closed down in 2004.
V. Selva Murugan, 22, said: "Classes for us then became a playground."
Since there were no lecturers, Kalyani said they were all given answers for all the exams conducted.
Selva said: "Naturally, all of us scored 100 per cent in all our papers. Now, even if they award us with certificates we would not know what to do with it.
...Altogether!
In an ambitious move to produce skilled Malaysians, the Government approved the opening of 1,908 public and private vocational training centres.
But something has gone terribly wrong.
Almost half the National Vocational Training Council (MLVK)-accredited centres have been asked to close down.
800 centres close down last year and another 200 of the 1,108 public and private institutions, currently offering about 6,000 MLVK programmes to about 100,000 students nationwide, may face the same fate.
The council found many irregularities in the way the 800 centres were run.
Several thousand students have been affected by the closure of these centres.
MLVK director-general Wan Seman Wan Ahmad confirmed that the Human Resources Ministry was investigating 200 centres offering MLVK certification programmes.
"We had been receiving complaints since 2003 about these institutions," he said.
"After investigations, we found the centres lacked competent lecturers or proper facilities and equipment. There was also non-compliance with the terms and conditions stipulated by the MLVK. Other institutions did not even provide the required teaching materials."
More than 30,000 students pursued MLVK programmes at these institutions.
Courses offered by MLVK- accredited centres include motorcycle assembly, construction, agriculture industry, land transportation, electronic audio and video, and woodworking and furniture. Each course lasts between two and five years.
A one-year course that extended to three years, and exams with answers provided.
These were among the experiences of 525 students who had enrolled for the National Vocational Training Council (MLVK) programme in 2001 and 2002 in the Ansted Skills Centre branches in Klang, Kapar and Kuala Lumpur.
Four years later, they have yet to receive their Malaysian Skills Certificate.
The reason: The centre closed down in 2004.
V. Selva Murugan, 22, said: "Classes for us then became a playground."
Since there were no lecturers, Kalyani said they were all given answers for all the exams conducted.
Selva said: "Naturally, all of us scored 100 per cent in all our papers. Now, even if they award us with certificates we would not know what to do with it.
...Altogether!
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