Education Malaysia & Skills Training Exposition March 30-31, 2013

Education Malaysia and Skills Training exposition 2013 organized by Rexpocentral sdn. Bhd. ( Malaysia) and Seekers Worldwide Pvt. Ltd will be held in Colombo for the first time on 30th and 31st of March 2013 at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo from 11.00am – 4.00pm.

This event is endorsed by the department of Skills Development (DSD), Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia. The objective of the event is to promote lifelong learning especially in providing a platform for students, teachers and parents to explore various training opportunities in Malaysia. At the event students, teachers and parents will have the opportunity to directly discuss various study options with the international representatives from the universities and Malaysian educational and training institutions.

Malaysia has become a popular destination amongst students in Sri Lanka who want to pursue their higher studies overseas mainly because it is a cost effective study location where students can obtain an American, British or Australian degree for one third of the cost. Seekers Worldwide offer their services free of charge to students who wish to continue their higher studies overseas and is dedicated towards helping students who wish to study in Malaysia by providing relevant information and advice to students who wish to obtain a qualification from either a Malaysian vocational training institution or universities from Australia, USA, New Zealand, Britain that offer degree programs in Malaysia. These universities offer students transfer options to continue their studies and scholarships as well. Students can obtain a foundation, diploma, degree, Masters or a PhD from top public or private Malaysian university.

Courses offered by the Universities are:

Medicine Veterinary Science Engineering Business Computing Law Architecture Design/ Multimedia Islamic Studies Bio Medical Science Dentistry Forestry Pharmacy Aviation Education Food Science & Technology Agriculture The skills Malaysia vocational programme has been developed for international students between the ages of 18- 35 with the aim of training with comprehensive skills and knowledge in technical and vocational disciplines to become more skilled employees or establish their own businesses. Students, working adults or any individual- whether employed or unemployed irrespective of one’s English knowledge or education background can apply for the skills Malaysia Program which will further give them an opportunity to gain a placement in industrial vocational training and paid internships.

Skills Malaysia Programme offers many courses such as:

Hotel Industry (Culinary, Food & Beverage, Housekeeping, Front Office, etc) Mechanical Electrical Automotive Electrical Engineering Printing and Packaging Oil & Gas Mining Building & Construction Transportation and Logistics Telecommunication & Broadcasting Information Technology and Communications Beauty Culture & Hairdressing Business Management Robotics Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals Bio Technology & Bio Chemistry Welding, under water welding

Agriculture & Agro Based industry and many more

This event will be a valuable opportunity for students to get the appropriate informa- tion from the relevant representatives. At the exhibition there will be a waiver of 300USD for students who apply for any private university and 100USD waiver for students who wish to enroll with a training institution. In Addition, there will be a free workshop for skills enhancement where a certificate will be awarded to the participants.

The list of universities & training Institutions represented by Seekers Worldwide and Rexpo Malaysia are Taylor’s University Help University Sunway University Swinburne University Unitar International University (UNITAR) International Medical University (IMU) University Putra Malaysia (UPM) University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka(UTEM) Asia Pacific University (APU) University of Malaya College University Islamic Malaysia International Islamic University Malaysia SEGI University The Otomotif College (TOC) Nillai University College TATI University College Limkokwing University of Creative technology Management and Science University (MSU) UCSI University Manipal International University Tech Terrain College MEA Technology Centre Miraj Academy RQC Management Institutions Times Academy City Advance Skills Academy Cut above Academy SEGI Training Centre