Malaysia: ICT education for a “creative society”
Malaysia Higher Education Ministry is studying how to develop a
creative and innovative Malaysian society through human
capital development.
The ministry is planning to work with Microsoft in unearthing
creative and innovative students of tertiary institutions in the area of
ICT and with Shell Malaysia in energy saving.
Its minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the study to
produce creative, innovative human capital was started last year by the
Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS),
Universiti Teknologi Mara and Malaysian Design Council.
This study will be looking at programmes by government agencies that
could contribute to the creation of “innovative human capital”.
“We hope when the study is completed,
expected this year, we will be able to draw up a national blueprint in
this context,” he said.
“Malaysia wants to move away from a resource-based economy to one
generated by innovations with the existence of an innovative society,
which will indicate that the country has reached developed-nation
status,” he said.
Nordin said creativity and innovations were vital for a country and
studies had shown that technological innovations contributed to higher
productivity, Gross Domestic Product, economic growth and improved
standard of living.
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