Len: Various reasons behind unemployed graduates
KUCHING: Between 10,000 to 15,000 graduates in Sarawak are still unemployed for reasons such as lack of skills needed by the industry, lack of experience in the workforce, or lack of communication skills.
Assistant Minister of Urban Planning, Land Administration and Environment Datu Len Talif Salleh said that this is why programmes such as Training and Industrial Awareness Programme ( TRIA) included leadership activities to develop their participants’ soft skills.
Len, who is also Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Bumiputera Sarawak ( Tegas) chairman, said there are three typical scenarios that occur to graduates who decide to enter the workforce.
“Firstly, they get the job and this only happens to a selection of university graduates. Secondly, they work but only receive minimum wage. Lastly, they remain unemployed.”
Through TRIA, students can make a more informed decision about their career and choose the right course to pursue, Len added.
He was speaking at the certificate presentation ceremony of TRIA for the Southern Zone, a programme which ran from May 13 to 15.
Participants were 100 Form Five students from the Southern Zone
Firstly, they get the job and this only happens to a selection of university graduates. Secondly, they work but only receive minimum wage. Lastly, they remain unemployed.
which consists of the Kuching, Samarahan, Padawan, Serian, Betong and Saratok District Education Offices (PPD).
Also present was Tegas chief operating officer Awangku Merali Pengiran Mohamad.
TRIA focuses on courses relating to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through relevant faculties under Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas).
This is the second TRIA, following the Northern Zone edition held at Curtin University, Miri.
Datu Len Talif Salleh, Assistant Minister of Urban Planning, Land Administration and Environment