Employers want grads who excel in English

Employers want graduates who can speak, read and write well in English, not just those who pass the subject in exams.“In a survey by Job Street, 56% of employers viewed poor command of English as a reason for not hiring, while only 23% of fresh graduates shared that view. British Council English Language Services director Sam Ayton said the inadequacy of English education could potentially create serious gaps in the global job market for both advanced and developing nations.We have to change the youth's outlook on English. The language must be seen as a means of advancement in life, to land a better job or to access a wider range of knowledge said by TalentCorp Malaysia CEO Johan Mahmood Merican.

Thus, master English language. The English language will bring an advancement in our life. 

Malaysia Education Blueprint

Malaysia Education Ministry outlined the blueprint's 11 areas of reform or “shifts” which will be implemented over the next 13 years in three phases or “waves”. 

Increase access to education while improving quality to match international standards;

Ensure that every child is proficient in both Bahasa Malaysia and English;

Develop values-driven Malaysians and promote unity among the races;

Transform teaching and ensure that only 30% of the top graduates are admitted into the profession

Ensure high-performing school leaders in every school;

Empower district education offices, state education departments, and schools;

Improve ICT in schools such as WiFi access;

Transform the Education Ministry in order to deliver results;

Involve parents, communities, and the private sector;

Ensure student outcomes are proportional to the amount of government spending on education; and

Increase transparency in the ministry's progress of the targets set in the blueprint.

The blueprint aims to produce students with six key attributes knowledge, thinking skills, leadership skills, bilingual proficiency, ethics and spirituality, and national identity.

Its a well plan by the government its shows the efficiency of government in creating future talents and Malaysian citizens ..so, it should execute properly to see the anticipating outcomes. The big responsibility is now on education ministry, state education department, district education department and importantly on schools.Each an every staffs who involves in this education plan namely, educational officers, headmaster and teachers especially should aware of this strategic move by government and efficiently do their part in order to  success this Education plan. The students, parents and each an every citizens should actively play their role to make the government aspiration come true. The KPi should monitor timely to ensure the plan moves in right direction.          

Greatness of Malaysia Government..All the best..

Global Competitiveness Index Report 2012-2013

Malaysia remains within the top 20 percent of 144 countries in the latest Global Competitiveness Index 2012-2013 although it slipped four notches to the 25th spot from last year's ranking. According to the report, the global competitiveness scores are calculated using public and private data around 12 key categories considered to be the pillars of competitiveness, including public institutions, infrastructure, health and education, market efficiency and technological readiness. The study shows improvement and development in public trust on in politicians, transparency in government policy making, efficient and competitive market for goods and services, supportive financial sectors and business friendly institutional framework.    

At the same time, the survey report identified several problematic factors for doing business 


Inefficient government bureaucracy
Access to financing
Restrictive labor regulations
Corruption
Inadequately educated workforce 
Policy instability 
Poor work ethic in national labor force
Inadequate supply of infrastructure
Inflation
Foreign currency regulations
Crime and theft
Tax rates 
Government instability/coups
Tax regulations
Poor public health

These were the factors which affected the Malaysia competitiveness level in global competition.Thus, the government should  focus more on the these 15 problematic factors to solve step by step in order to strengthen the future nation's competitiveness. The political leaders and  policy makers should make strategic initiatives more holistic, comprehensive and futuristic. By making right key strategy alignment definitely will make our Malaysia shine in global competition. 

Unemployment rate down to 2.9%

The jobless rate in Malaysia has dropped from 3.1% to 2.9% so far this year, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai.

Lim said this had surpassed the employment performance in places such as the United States and Europe, where unemployment hovers at 9% and 11% respectively.He added that Malaysia had managed to soar above the eurozone economic crisis due to the level of investor confidence in the country.

(To look at it simply) at a 3% unemployment rate, it is almost as if everyone has a job,” Lim said 

Five new initiatives to boost capital market

Five new initiatives will be in place to ensure Malaysia’s capital market remains competitive and has what it takes to continue driving the economic and national growth agendas.

In announcing this, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the initiatives were core issues that needed to be tackled and which, if left unaddressed, would risk undermining the country’s sustainable growth.

* SME growth

* Innovation development

* Double tax reduction , incentives & training allowances (SK1M, Re-employ women - gender diversity)
* Market management
* Compensation fund  


(Boost competitiveness - sustainable economic growth)


Hope these strategic planning and decision could transform into effective implementation in order to achieve the anticipate objectives. 

Education ministry to improve current education system

The Education ministry is aiming to boost the country's education system to be on par or better than other developed nations, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The deputy prime minister said the country's current education system was good but must be made better.

Education is the key to development. With good human capital, the country can grow further. The Government will, however, need about 10 to 15 years to achieve an education system that was on par or better the ones in developed countries.

Govt scholars must work locally after graduation

Beginning this year, the award of scholarships will be based on the need for scholars to meet their bond obligations upon graduation, by securing employment either with the public sector or an approved private sector company in Malaysia, the prime minister said.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he was confident that with the move, the Public Service Department (JPA) and Talent Corporation Malaysia Bhd (TalentCorp) would optimise the nation's best and brightest, to ensure a strong pipeline of top scholars for the Government Transformation Plan (GTP) and Economic Transformation Plan (ETP).

He said Malaysia could not be on the road to a knowledge-intensive and innovation-led economy without the talent to drive it.

"Malaysia has talent, indeed we have global talent, the only problem is that the world knows it and therefore Malaysia has to compete for its own talent," he said.

Awarding bonding scholarship for potential postgraduates could cope the brain drain problem..  

So Sad...but not late

MANY Indian students are fluent in Tamil but are unable to read, leading to fewer people taking up Tamil literature, Malaysia Nanban reported.

To address this problem, Deputy Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Maglin Dennis D'Cruz proposed that Tamil be made a compulsory subject in national schools for Indian students.

“Efforts must be taken to promote and encourage our Indian youngsters to take up the Tamil language to ensure a future for the language in this country,” he said after launching the IMalaysia Let's Read campaign organised by the Malaysian Tamil Writers Association at the National Library in Kuala Lumpur.

Maglin also suggested that incentives and encouragement be given to budding Indian writers for them to produce quality books.

Sincere Thanks To Datuk Maglin Dennis D'Cruz for his concern on Tamil language and Indian Community..

1 Malaysia

Govt to sponsor top 100 Indian graduates for further studies

The top 100 Indian graduates who achieve first-class honours will be given full scholarships to pursue post-graduate studies at local universities, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
The students will receive RM15,000 each through the 1Malaysia Deve­lopment Berhad (1MDB) Foundation.
The Government also had offered 1,000 new matriculation places to Indian students who had excelled in last year’s Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia. 


sounds good..


Hope Indian community will utilize this opportunity well.. 


Thanks 1 Malaysia Government 

My PhD scholarship

I,m so happy because I get scholarship for my PhD studies..


So, I take this great opportunity to thank some very important people who were helped me so far...


My sincere and personal thanks goes to Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia for offering me such a wonderful scholarship..


My supervisor Dr.Haim Hilman Bin Abdullah for his kind assistance and guidance so far. He helped me a lot in process of  preparing the proposal especially the research  framework. Importantly, he also helped me to get PhD admission last semester. 


And, important thanks goes to my mother  Saraveswari who supported me so far. She always gave financial assistance for my studies. Interestingly, my adorable mini  ....  always gave me moral supports and motivates me.. encourage me to pursue my studies. Hope I will successfully complete my PhD asap.. 


Finally, thanks to god. 


THANK YOU SO MUCH...