Youth Must Acquire Job Skills
By Syed Rory Malai Hassan

Brunei-Muara - Fresh school-leavers' inability to join the local pool of skilled labour force is a cause for concern for the community and a major issue as it could contribute to the country's unemployment rate.

This was emphasised by the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dato Paduka Hj Jemat Hj Ampal during the closing ceremony of the fourth National Skill Competition for technical and vocational institutions nationwide yesterday.

He said youths need to prepare themselves to go into the service of either government, private sectors or even venture out on their own by outfitting themselves with the proper knowledge and skills that will eventually benefit themselves in the long run.

The permanent secretary also pointed out, that the nation's youths play a major role in the development and progress of the country's economy through the deliverance of quality services.

"In the context of quality services," he added, "we should look at it through the recipients or clients perspective as they will determine the quality of the service they receive, in other words quality service should be based on customer satisfaction instead of the other way around."

Dato Paduka Hj Jemat in congratulating the winners of the competition said that not only did the competition displayed the winners' enthusiasm and spirit for winning, but also their considerable talents and desire to better themselves in their chosen fields which was an admirable quality that could become a model to others, especially their peers.

In this year's competition, 71 participants took part in 13 categories where 39 students took home the first, second and third place prizes.

Of the 39 winners, only a few of them will be selected to compete in the upcoming seventh Asean Skill competition scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in November.

Norhaizamdin Hj Mosbi, Director of Technical Education from the Ministry of Education pointed out that the aims of the competition was to improve and upgrade the standard of vocational and technical education in the country and to identify the competent and skilled participants to represent the country in the upcoming Asean skill competition.

He expressed hope that through the competition the quality of knowledge and skills among the local youths and also local instructors will improve with exposure to critical and actual work experience which will also prepare the students for employment.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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