KUCHING: The Memorandum
of Agreement (MoA) signed between NIIT College and Manipal International
University will contribute to the workforce needed in the SCORE development
project.
According to NIIT
College chief executive officer, Anderson Voon, the collaboration marks a
milestone of smart partnership aimed to train and produce hands-on and skilled
workforce.
“The collaboration
between NIIT College and Manipal International University is in line with the
objectives of SCORE. The demand for both semi-skilled and skilled manpower is
now becoming more dominant.
“As such the state
government has concentrated on manpower development to ensure all Sarawakians
could be properly trained to secure good jobs.
“It would be a
challenging task for us but I am confident we can overcome it with the
collaborations with various universities. We hope the collaboration will bring
great benefits to Sarawakians and raise their level of competency,” he said at
the MoA signing ceremony yesterday.
Vice chancellor of
Manipal International University, Tan Sri Dato Dr Mohd Salleh Mohd Yasin, said
he was very excited to be linking up with NIIT College in industrial-based
programmes in Business and Engineering.
“We have always wanted
to be different in our programmes. One of the strategies of being different is
to work with international partners, industry partners as well as academic
partners.
“We look forward to a
long and sustainable partnership with NIIT and we hope that our graduates will
be the feeder for SCORE’s human capital needs.
“The MoA will also give
students the opportunity to have access to higher education and learn to be
useful citizens in the future,” he said.
Also at the function,
NIIT awarded scholarships to four students from SMK Siburan who achieved
excellent results or straight A’s in their 2012 SPM. They were Bong Ming Hui,
Ho Xiang Xiang, Khong Pay Ni and Liew Siat Yee, who are currently pursuing
Diploma in Accountancy at NIIT. The scholarships were fully sponsored by NIIT
associate partner Regal Group.
For more information on
the programmes under the NIIT College and Manipal International University
collaboration, contact the college at 082-242411 or email to info@niit.edu.my.
Source : The Borneo Post, 31 August 2013
Tan Sri Dato Dr Mohd Salleh Mohd Yasin - Vice Chancellor Manipal International University (L) and Mr Anderson Voon - Chief Executive Officer NIIT College (R), witnessed by Prof Dr Zanuldin - Deputy Vice Chancellor Manipal international University and Prof Dr Andrew Tiong - Principal of NIIT College
NIIT College Scholarships Award Presentation for straight A's SPM 2012 students
Bong Ming Hui
Ho Xiang Xiang
Khong Pay Ni
Liew Siat Yee
Group photo after the MoA ceremony
From Left : Prof Dr Paul Lau, Mr Anderson Voon, Tan Sri Dato Dr Mohd Salleh, Prof Dr Zanuldin, Prof Dr Andrew Tiong and Prof Dr Prabha Ramakrishnan
