SEPANG, June 18- The National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) has been urged to create an entrepreneurial skills module in its courses to ensure students have better prospects after completing their studies.
Youth and Sports Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin (photo) said this was because most IKBN graduates focus was on seeking employment or furthering their studies and did not consider becoming entrepreneurs.
He said at the moment, about 82 per cent of IKBN graduates either started working or continued their studies, while the remaining who were jobless did not consider becoming entrpreneurs despite having vocational skills.
He said with the module, students would be equipped with the entrepreneurial skills to widen their prospects.
Speaking to reporters after visiting the National Advanced Youth Skills Institute (IKTBN) in Sepang here today, he said apart from the module, other modules should also be in line with the requirements and needs of the employment sector.
Khairy also told the people to change their views on youth institute students with vocational skills.
“In Germany 60 per cent of the students are in vocational fields as the community there wanted the stream to be given priority,” he said, adding that there were 11,700 IKBN students nationwide.
Meanwhile when asked to comment on the proposal to set up an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPMC), Khairy said he agreed with bthe proposal as it was in line with the people’s aspirations.
IPMC is the last section of a proposal to revamp the police force presented by the Special Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysia Police, chaired by former chief justice Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah, who proposed the body use the model of the independent police complaints commission (IPCC) of United Kingdom and the police monitoring bodies in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia, as well as Hong Kong.
– BERNAMA
