Friday March 31, 2006
Towards a skilled ICT workforce
By SHOM TEOH
MALAYSIA intends to organise more development programmes to meet the increasing demand for highly skilled ICT workers in the country.
The Government expects the total ICT workforce to increase at a rate of 10.4% per year from 183,204 last year to 300,000 by 2010.
This would involve intensifying and expanding professional and technical training, as well as on-the job training for specific skills to various levels, covering schools, pre-university levels and institutions of higher education.
Emphasis will be on the development of core skills in multi-disciplinary fields such as software development in life sciences and knowledge applications.
Local institutions of higher education will be given the flexibility of a 10% pre-approved curriculum so that they can periodically develop topical courses in collaboration with the industry.
Industry experts will be encouraged to teach these courses.
Post-graduate studies and specialisation in core areas of ICT (information and communications technology), such as in software development, semiconductor and chip design, digital content development, information security and bioinformatics, will be encouraged.
To increase the employability of an ICT graduate, there will be an increase in partnerships between the Government and industry players.
A new initiative would be the MSC Professional Development Programme, which will be conducted jointly with MSC companies to develop ICT specialists and ICT-related management personnel in emerging technology areas.
An ICT development institute would also be established to match the capacity of training institutions with industry requirements, especially in facilitating the development of marketable skills acquired by ICT graduates.
The 9th Malaysia Plan will also see the Government step up efforts to promote lifelong learning and e-learning in business and government agencies.
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