300,000 high-skilled job opportunities to be created in Malaysia by 2025

A total of 300,000 high-skilled job opportunities in high-impact sectors such as electrical and electronics (E&E), automotive, chemicals and advanced materials, as well as life sciences and medical technology, for Malaysian youths are expected to be created by 2025.
300,000 high-skilled job opportunities to be created in Malaysia by 2025 ảnh 1Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (Photo: Bernama)
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - A total of 300,000high-skilled job opportunities in high-impact sectors such as electrical andelectronics (E&E), automotive, chemicals and advanced materials, as well aslife sciences and medical technology, for Malaysian youths are expected to be created by2025.

The country's Senior Minister of International Trade and IndustryDatuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said for this year alone, a total of 20,000similar job opportunities will be created through the Academy in Factory (AiF)programme.

To ensure foreign investors continue to makeMalaysia an investment destination, it is the responsibility of the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade to provide highly skilled and technological talents.

This is in line with the emphasis for the country'sworkforce to improve skills and re-skilling or upskilling in line with the 4thIndustrial Revolution which is expected to increase productivity by 30 percentin all sectors by 2030, he said when opening the Productive Youth Carnival andAiF programme on August 13.

The AiF programme is an initiative by the MalaysianProductivity Corporation (MPC) to address the shortage of workers and develophigh-skilled talents among local youths towards building a future-readyworkforce.

Azmin said that Malaysia is moving towards aproductive developed country and thus the local workforce should be preparedwith high skills that are suitable to meet the demands of the industry./.
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