Don’t we already have employable grads?

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By admin-s On Jul 21, 2010

Since when do graduates need help? And at such a price and such a time when subsidies are being withdrawn? Does it seem to imply that the universities are not producing marketable graduates?

By Masterwordsmith

Guess what? The Human Resources Minister said HERE that the Government was allocating RM10.5mil for the Graduate Employability Programme to train unemployed diploma and degree holders.

According to the report, the programme aims to help the more than 30,000 students who remain unemployed six months after their graduation and is also open to those who were unemployed three months after completing their studies.

Fees for the programme will be borne by the Government.

Hmmm…Since when do graduates need help? And at such a price and such a time when subsidies are being withdrawn? Does it seem to imply that the universities are not producing marketable graduates?

I graduated in the 1980s during the economic downturn and unemployment was a serious problem but still, I managed to get two jobs before I graduated – rejected the one from The Star because my father did not allow yours truly to go to KL (which I regret till this day) and took up the other position. At that time, there was no such program to help new graduates.

The following is quite a surprise to me:

The programme will improve their prospects in the job market as it allows them to take up specialised ICT courses.

The most astounding part is the minister’s statement that all the targeted 1,000 graduates who enrol for this programme will have a guaranteed job once they complete their training.

He admitted that graduates with degrees in arts and religious studies had no marketability and that the main factors for their unemployment was that their courses did not meet the current demand.

If those courses are not marketable, shouldn’t the intake for those faculties be reduced to solve the problem without spending more $$$?

Guaranteed jobs??? But where???