Education, human capital development and Malaysia's economic transformation: Issues & challenges
Malaysia’s vision is to become a developed nation by the year 2020. Central to the fulfillment of this vision is enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the country. This will involve both moving up the value chain into higher value-added industrialization and services, and developing new...
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| author | Jaafar, Ahmad Sobri Abdullah, Muhammad Ridhuan Bos |
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| description | Malaysia’s vision is to become a developed nation by the year 2020. Central to the fulfillment of this vision is enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the country. This will involve both moving up the value
chain into higher value-added industrialization and services, and developing new areas of competitive advantages. A major precondition for competitiveness is the availability of skilled workforce through the provision
of education and training. The objective of this paper is to highlight some of the issues and challenges on education and human capital development face by Malaysia in her efforts to sustain her competitive advantage and fulfilling
her development vision. Malaysia’s educational level and system are no doubt among the best in the developing countries. However, there are still some shortcomings and rooms for further improvements. To move to higher
value-added industrialization and services and become competitive requires a good education foundation and a 'learning society'. |
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| spelling | uum-23392011-02-14T08:19:14Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2339/ Education, human capital development and Malaysia's economic transformation: Issues & challenges Jaafar, Ahmad Sobri Abdullah, Muhammad Ridhuan Bos HD Industries. Land use. Labor Malaysia’s vision is to become a developed nation by the year 2020. Central to the fulfillment of this vision is enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the country. This will involve both moving up the value chain into higher value-added industrialization and services, and developing new areas of competitive advantages. A major precondition for competitiveness is the availability of skilled workforce through the provision of education and training. The objective of this paper is to highlight some of the issues and challenges on education and human capital development face by Malaysia in her efforts to sustain her competitive advantage and fulfilling her development vision. Malaysia’s educational level and system are no doubt among the best in the developing countries. However, there are still some shortcomings and rooms for further improvements. To move to higher value-added industrialization and services and become competitive requires a good education foundation and a 'learning society'. 2007-12 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2339/1/Ahmad_Sobri_Jaafar_2.pdf Jaafar, Ahmad Sobri and Abdullah, Muhammad Ridhuan Bos (2007) Education, human capital development and Malaysia's economic transformation: Issues & challenges. In: International Economic Conference on Trade and Industry (IECTI) 2007, 3 - 5 December 2007, Bayview Hotel Georgetown, Penang. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | HD Industries. Land use. Labor Jaafar, Ahmad Sobri Abdullah, Muhammad Ridhuan Bos Education, human capital development and Malaysia's economic transformation: Issues & challenges |
| title | Education, human capital development and Malaysia's economic transformation: Issues & challenges |
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| title_short | Education, human capital development and Malaysia's economic transformation: Issues & challenges |
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| topic | HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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