NASSAU, The Bahamas: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will share Malaysia’s experience in education development at the 19th Conference of the Commonwealth of Education Ministers (19CCEM) while also seeking to woo more students from member states to study in Malaysia.
The Malaysian deputy prime minister, who arrived here Sunday afternoon, said he would highlight the Malaysian Education Blueprints covering pre-school up to higher education.
“In my keynote address at the conference on Wednesday, I’ll touch on aspects concerning the Malaysian education such as our desire to produce a skilled workforce through programmes like the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as well as the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programme,” he said.
Muhyiddin, who is also the education minister, was speaking Sunday to Malaysian media covering his working visit to The Bahamas ahead of the opening of the June 22 to 26 conference.
“We’ll be sharing our views on matters concerning graduate marketability in terms of the need to not only produce people who not only can find jobs but also capable of eventually providing jobs for others; in other words producing job creators, not just job seekers,” he said.
The special aircraft carrying Muhyiddin arrived at Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport at around 2.30 pm local time on Sunday (2.30 am on Monday in Malaysia).
On hand to welcome Muhyiddin, who is accompanied on the working visit by his wife Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman, was the Malaysian ambassador to Cuba, Khairi Omar, whose jurisdiction also covers The Bahamas.
The 19CCEM is jointly organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the government of The Bahamas with the country’s Education, Science and Technology Ministry serving as the lead agency. — Bernama