Politeknik Kuching diyakini mampu melahirkan tenaga kerja separa mahir

June 18, 2015

KUCHING: Politeknik Kuching diyakini dapat menyumbang ke arah melahirkan sebahagian besar daripada tenaga kerja separa mahir seiring dengan keperluan semasa Sarawak menjelang 2030 nanti.

Menteri Muda Pembangunan Belia Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah berkata, setakat ini kerajaan masih berhadapan dengan kekurangan tenaga kerja tempatan dalam bidang teknikal bagi mengisi keperluan industri.

“Pihak swasta khasnya para pelabur asing di Malaysia masih bergantung kepada pekerja dari negara luar bagi tujuan tersebut.

“Sebagai contoh, syarikat Tokuyama, Sakura Ferroalloys dan Press Metal di Taman Industri Samalaju, Bintulu masing-masing berhadapan dengan masalah kesukaran mendapatkan pekerja tempatan dan oleh itu, mereka terpaksa mencari alternatif dengan mengambil pekerja asing untuk beroperasi,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian dalam teks ucapan sempena Majlis Penutupan Minggu Suai Kenal Pelajar Sesi Jun 2015 yang dibacakan oleh Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Samariang Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali di Politeknik Kuching di sini, semalam.

Hadir sama, Pengarah Politeknik Kuching Sarawak Sahul Hamed Abdul Wahab, Timbalan Pengarah Akademik Mohd Anwar Dris, Timbalan Pengarah Sokongan Akademik Jemein Ental dan Ketua Jabatan Hal Ehwal Pelajar Saripah Siti Zulaini Wan Abdul Rahman.

Kewujudan Koridor Tenaga Diperbaharui Sarawak (SCORE) sejak 2006 merupakan wawasan 2030 kerajaan negeri bagi menjadikan Sarawak sebagai negeri terkaya di Malaysia.

PKS urged to produce students of calibre

June 18, 2015

Sharifah (seated centre) and Sahul on her right with the June intake of PKS students at the closing of Familiarisation Week.

KUCHING: Politeknik Kuching Sarawak (PKS) should produce graduates equipped with skills required by the job market, especially in the private sector.

Making these remark, Youth Development Assistant Minister Datuk Karim Rahman Hamzah said PKS should be able to produce multi-skilled graduates able to communicate in English, are smart and confident with leadership potential.

“Very often we hear that graduates these days lack exposure on soft skills – the main reason they could not find jobs in the private sector,” he said at the closing of Familiarisation Week for students in the June 2015 intake at the polytechnic’s Dewan Jubli Perak here yesterday.

“I remind the academic management of PKS not to focus on passing academics alone,” he added.

His text of speech was read by Semariang Assemblywoman Sharifah Hasidah Syeed Aman Ghazali representing him at the closing ceremony. Sharifah is also political secretary to the chief minister.

Karim said based on statistics from PKS, he is confident the polytechnic can produce semi-skilled workers for the state by 2030.

“My confidence is based on the essence of the Malaysian Education Development plan for higher education launched by the prime minister on April 7, 2015 with the main focus to strengthen the role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions under the Ministry of Education – namely polytechnics, community colleges and vocational colleges nationwide,” he said.