Compelling Companies To Give Industrial Training To Students

Ida Thien, CEO , Closing The Gap | Andrew Pereira, CEO , General Assembly & Excelerate

10-Mar-23 18:00

Compelling Companies To Give Industrial Training To Students

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The Higher Education Ministry is studying a proposal to make it compulsory for companies to offer industrial training for students. First, we talk about whether it would benefit students, and what else needs to be considered. Then, we discuss how this might affect employers.

Image credits: mwitt1337/Pixabay

Produced by: Natasha Fusil, Alia Zefri

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lee Chwi Lynn

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Categories: the workplace, Corporates, economy, managing, government

Tags: industrial training, employers, students, universities, internship,

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