Fadhlina said this was because technical education provided skills that would enable students to get job offers even before they graduate, Bernama reported.

She added that this was in line with her ministry’s projections as it focuses on boosting the skills of graduates and building the expertise of Malaysia’s workforce, particularly students in vocational colleges.

Fadhlina said enhancing vocational college education was among the government’s initiatives to produce skilled talents from local sources, and that this would be expanded in Sabah.

“I hope that we will be able to maximise the admissions of Sabahans to vocational colleges in Sandakan,” she said, in launching the Sandakan 2 Vocational College in Sabah today.

With more vocational colleges to be set up in Sabah, Fadhlina hoped that TVET would become the preferred choice of Sabahan parents for their children instead of being perceived as “second choice”.