KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 – The marketability of Giatmara graduates in the work environment has now reached 84 per cent, said Rural and Regional Development Deputy Minister Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakob. He said that the 100 per cent of the marketability of Giatmara trainees is expected to be achieved through the various programmes and training conducted currently.
“An allocation of RM3.4 million which was received by the ministry’s will be used to enhance Giatmara to yield marketable trainees in the open job market. The efforts to produce more local talent does not only involve institutions but also requires the participation of other agencies and ministries,” he said.
He was replying to a supplementary question from the Senator Mohd Salim Sharif at the Dewan Negara sitting here on Monday as Mohd Salim had wanted to know the Giatmara’s high impact of the job marketability to reduce the dependency on the foreign workers.
