00:00Corporate Vice President and Global Head, Andrew Teck, please.
00:04In 2025, we have put our commitment in Kusuma.
00:08We will go all out in terms of skills training.
00:11Skills training is a major part of our portfolio.
00:14We will go all out in terms of skills training.
00:16My vision is that we in Malaysia will be able to build an ideally standard skills training sector in this country.
00:29And I'm glad that one of our investors here in Malaysia, ACL Tech, is willing to partner us today in this regard.
00:40Because I believe that skills training or education for our workforce, for our human capital,
00:47must go beyond the traditional university learning model.
00:51The university learning model, I always say, is created for you to have four years of deep and long thinking about what is the meaning of life,
01:06what is love, what is pain, where it's gone, who it's gone.
01:10But it was not built for the industrialised world.
01:18But don't get me wrong, the media will say that ministers say university education is not important.
01:23I am all for university education. I think it is important.
01:26But we will be delusional to think that this model of education will be able to fulfil the demand of our industry.
01:35Therefore, in my view, in the view of Kusuma, skills training ought to be, number one, on the job.
01:44Number two, by practice. You need to practice and be trained as you go along within the industry
01:53in order to stay relevant, in order to stay up-to-date, in order to be skilful in the skills that is demanded by the various sectors.
02:04So therefore, I am very proud that this FOU between HRD Corp and HCL Tech will be able to provide this model of training on the job and by practice.
02:19I am also very proud to announce that both HRD Corp and Perkeso will be allocating up to RM20 million to support this skills training programme.
02:34Our first goal, our first target is this year, 2025, we hope to...
02:41They gave me a low value. They gave me 2,000 people. I hope we can at least train up to 5,000 people this year.
02:48They always give me low values in my speech.
02:522,000 workers will be up-skilled, will be re-skilled together in cooperation with Perkeso, HRD Corp and HCL Tech
03:03in the areas of cybersecurity, in the areas of data science as well as AI.
03:10These are some of the key strategic areas that the country is striving towards.
03:14So RM20 million as an upfront commitment from Kusuma to train up to 5,000 skilled workers this year in this sector with the cooperation of HCL Tech.
03:28And I am confident that our students, our graduates from this particular training programme will be able to...
03:37They are not only industry-ready, they will be able to compete for jobs and employment of the 21st century,
03:46not just here in Malaysia, but globally because our trainer is a globally acclaimed company, HCL Tech.
03:53So I think that you mentioned the target is 10,000, so you are looking at this MOU partnership for 2 years?
04:00For this current partnership, we are working at 5,000. Of course, we hope we can improve and increase this number eventually.
04:09The target was discussed in India about six months ago was 10,000.
04:15This year we are aiming 5,000, so hopefully next year we can increase it.
04:19But if we can, they train 55,000 a year, so if we can hit up to 10,000, then I am definitely more than happy to assist.
04:28Of course, this collaboration is not just... When the discussion was done in India, it was not just between HCL and Kesumar.
04:36There were other ministries involved, so it was a general target of 10,000 students or other training participants.
04:45But Kesumar, this is our first collaboration with HCL. We are willing to take up to 5,000 trainees.
04:58For more information, please visit www.hcl.org.
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