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KUALA LUMPUR: The Jana Graduan Hijau (Jaguh) initiative, aimed at providing opportunities for graduates to engage in sustainable green entrepreneurship, will be launched in January next year.
Minister of Environment and Water Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (pix) said Jaguh is currently in the process of developing the module, as well as identifying strategic partners and applying for government and private funding before the program is actively promoted early next year.
“The first group of this program involves three streams, namely Jaguh energy management, Jaguh organic products and Jaguh urban agriculture. To start with, 100 graduates will participate, ”he said in the question and answer session at the Dewan Rakyat here today.
He said this in his response to a follow-up question from Shaharizukirnain Abd Kadir (PAS-Setiu) who wanted to know the development and mechanism, as well as the universities involved in Jaguh.
Tuan Ibrahim said that to begin with, Jaguh targeted those who had graduated for more than six months but were still unemployed and graduates who found a job that did not match their qualifications.
Jaguh is also currently in the phase of identifying suitable universities and, so far, talks have been held with Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), but they had to be postponed due to the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak, he said.
Jaguh is an initiative implemented by the Malaysia Center for Climate Change and Green Technology (MGTC), an agency under the Ministry of Environment and Water (KASA).
The main objective of this program is to help young graduates to become more independent in generating income through entrepreneurial skills in the green industry in line with the government’s efforts to expand the development of the country’s green economy.
Tuan Ibrahim said that the skills that have been identified include energy audit services, energy management consultations, green lifestyles, recycling services and several other areas.
The list will be expanded based on the suitability of market demand, in addition to meeting the objectives of the Green Technology Master Plan, he said. – Called
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