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Will TVET Help Address Malaysia’s Need For Skilled Talents?

Sofea Azahar, Senior Researcher, ISIS Malaysia

02-Sep-22 12:00

Will TVET Help Address Malaysia’s Need For Skilled Talents?

Malaysia is currently beset by a shortage of skilled labour and TVET talents. A report in the Edge detailed how this is actually hampering our pandemic recovery. What has led up to this situation unfolding? We speak to Sofea Azhar, a senior researcher from ISIS Malaysia to understand the issue at hand and how TVET uptake might be the solution to our shortage of skilled labour. 

Image Credit: Shutterstock | Visual Generation

Produced by: Jeremy Ng

Presented by: Christine Wong, Lily Chai


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Categories:  the workplace,  markets,  Corporates,  entrepreneurs,  SME

Tags:  vocation,  skilled,  tvet,  stem,  education,  malaysia,  labour, 


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