Penampang community college.


PENAMPANG:Education plays an important role to provide quality human capital for the country to face stiff global competition, says Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.
  "The country has been implementing various transformation plan and innovation policy that will contribute to people's wellbeing and development.
   "But without capable human resource, those programme will not be able to yield any positive results,"he said adding that there are countries with limited resources but still able to succeed due to having skilled workers.
  Dompok added that education system in the country had to undergo integrated transformation from pre-school to tertiary level.
  "The approach will enhance learning process that based on knowledge and skill besides to instill the life-long learning culture among community,"he added.
  The minister was speaking at a community college launching ceremony here, adding that people including grassroots in state had never been left behind from the national's education development.
   The three-storey institute, established under Higher Education Ministry, is meant to become an educational hub for the community people here.
   Community Colleges Department Director General Amir Md Noor said the that there would be a full-time accountancy programme as well as several skill-based short or part-time courses to be offered this July.
   Those who aged 17 and above, including senior citizens, are eligible to apply those courses via walk-in or online system. 
   "The department will conduct surveys among community here before they determine types of short courses to conduct.
   "We will employ trainers most probably from Polytechnic institutes from the state to be relocate here,"he added.
    To date, there are 84 similar colleges in the country and had produced more than a million graduates.
   In Sabah, there are six including the Penampang community college with another two to be set up in Kota Marudu and Tambunan in near future. 
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