1malaysia Training Scheme Case Study

According to Borneo Post (2013), there are 6,000 of graduates will trained by Talent Corp Malaysia Berhad through a bridging programmed under the Graduate Employability Blueprint in order to support the graduates to find right and fitting employment. Government has launched a “Graduate Employability Blueprint” in end year of 2012. In year 2011, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop had said that the Talent Corp had trained 1,000 people of graduates and this number had increased to 2,000 in last year. This is one of the government’s efforts in order to strengthen the employability of graduates from higher institutions of learning under Talent Corp and also the 1Malaysia Training Scheme (SL1M). The implementation of the SL1M program was first launched in 1st June 2011. The Malaysian government had taken several initiatives to produce more talent in the labor market. For example, in 28 September 2012, the Prime Minister had recognized “Strengthening Education and Training‟ as one of the key focus area during his 2013 Budget speech (2013 Budget Commentary & Tax Information, 2012). There are more than 9,000 graduates had been successfully placed in participating companies under their corporate social responsibility through 1Malaysia Training Scheme (SL1M). According to the National
Most of the private company has less demand on these graduates and more demand on science and technical graduates. Besides that, the number of graduates has been increasing steadily over the years. The overflow of graduate has resulted in an inequity of number of graduates in relation to the job opportunities available in the market. When the country is going through a rapid shift from a production based on economy to knowledge-based economy, companies are gradually more in need of science and technical