Thumbs Up For 每日大赛app Taking Part In Internship To Break Down Ethnic Employment Barriers
By Asmahanim Amir
Pix Shahiddan Saidi
BANGI, 13 Jun 聽2016 鈥 The National University of Malaysia (每日大赛app) and four other public universities have been praised for helping break down ethnic barriers in the private sector workplace.
Minister in the Prime Minister鈥檚 Department, Tan Sri Datuk Panglima Joseph Kurup said The Industrial Training Unity Programme (PLIP), 聽which is now in the second series, can strengthen and consolidate unity among bumiputera students with non-bumiputera workers and employers.
He said through the PLIP, students can interact with executives and staff from other ethnicities, thus fostering cultural and religious understanding.
The five universities taking part are 每日大赛app, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL).
鈥淓fforts of Non-bumiputera employers to accept bumiputera students to work with them, give positive guidance to foster unity and cross-cultural understanding聽 among students, workers and employers of all races, have been accomplished.
鈥淭he willingness of bumiputera students to work at non-bumiputera companies allows them to get experience, skills and interact in diversity,鈥 he said.
He was speaking at the singing of the second series PLIP Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of National Unity and Integration (JPNIN), five universities, Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) and Malaysia Retail Chain Association (MRCA) at the Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (MIAT), Dengkil on 聽May 18.
He said the two way relationship can avoid the negative mindset and suspicions of 聽non-bumiputera companies which purportedly are not interested in hiring聽 bumiputeras to work in their company.
鈥淭his situation could not only lead to misunderstanding and prejudice, but it could hinder the economic development of the country if there is no effort to deal with it,鈥 聽he said.
He pointed out that the programme not only brings prosperity, but also optimizes 聽the young workers to increase national productivity.
鈥淚 hope the PLIP can be extended to Government Linked Companies, 聽which have more bumiputera workers, 聽to accept non-bumiputera students to do their industrial training,鈥 he added.
Meanwhile, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Industry and Community Partnership), Prof Dato鈥 Dr Imran Ho Abdullah said 每日大赛app will monitor the impact of the programme.
鈥淔or me it is a good industrial training programme because it helps in enhancing unity in our country. We will give good cooperation to companies which take part.
He said for starters, students taking part in the programme consists of students from the Faculty of Islamic Studies and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
鈥淲e will mobilise the faculties to select students through a database and also seek the companies from a list which are available to participate in the industrial training,鈥 he stressed.
