KITES 2025 Strengthens Role Of TVET In Semiconductor Industry

TAIPING, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- The Semiconductor Industry and Technology Carnival (KITES) 2025 will strengthen the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ecosystem in producing highly skilled workers to meet the needs of the country's semiconductor industry.

Human Resources Minister Steven Sim Chee Keong said this carnival will also provide exposure to the community regarding the importance of the relevant industry in the digital economy and the future direction of technology.

“This carnival will also be a platform to strengthen strategic collaborations between industry players and TVET institutions, apart from attracting the interest of the younger generation to venture into high-tech fields that offer broad career prospects and competitive incomes," he said.

He said this in his speech when officiating the KITES 2025, organised by the Human Resources Ministry (KESUMA) at the Advanced Technology Training Centre (ADTEC), Manpower Department (JTM) in Taiping here today.

Also launched was the Semiconductor Technology Academy-Department of Manpower (STAc-JTM), a strategic initiative supporting the National Semiconductor Strategy (NSS), National TVET Policy 2030, and the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030) to develop a high-growth, high-value industry.

Sim said the STAc-JTM will be the main platform for producing highly skilled and competitive human capital, particularly to support the rapidly growing high-tech industry's needs.

“Three months ago, I went to Geneva, Switzerland and I visited the office of the World Economic Forum (WEF)... and for your information, the WEF has named Malaysia as a global semiconductor hub.

“We contribute approximately 13 per cent in terms of the global semiconductor back-end manufacturing industry and about seven per cent of international semiconductor trade. This means Malaysia is a very important player in this sector, and the government recognises that the semiconductor industry is indeed a strategic industry," he also said.

Meanwhile, the exchange of cooperation documents between Taiping ADTEC and seven strategic industry partners, including Micron Memory Malaysia, Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC), Vitrox Technologies and Kulim Advanced Technologies (KTECHNO), also took place.

The exchange of these documents is seen as opening up more opportunities for training, technology transfer and job placements for TVET students.

-- BERNAMA