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Abang Johari raises his thumb after conducting the international school earth survey at mile 12, Kuching-Serian Road as Manyin (second from left) and others watch.
KUCHING (September 22): Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg believes that the Sarawak International Schools Foundation will help prepare bright and talented students in Sarawak for local and international job markets.
He said that according to reports from the employers’ association, they are having a hard time hiring people to join the industry.
Abang Johari added that this put the state government in a quandary because while employers have trouble hiring people, there are many graduates who graduated from universities.
“Actually, if there are graduates, then you have no problem. But your problem is this; some of our graduates are not proficient in the language.
“Large companies, when they operate, need people who are fluent in the language, especially the language that people around the world understand because our economy is a global economy.
“Typically these large companies need people who are fluent in English and if they are dealing with companies in China, they need people who are fluent in Mandarin,” he said at the Yayasan Sarawak International School groundbreaking ceremony in Mile. 12, Kuching-Serian Road here.
Abang Johari pointed out that Chinese schools may have the United Examination Certificate (UEC) to produce Mandarin-speaking employees, but in terms of English, they can be a bit weak.
He commented that the situation in Sarawak is paradoxical because the state has talented people and people from universities, but some of them cannot be employed for the simple reason that they do not speak English.
Abang Johari (center) is being briefed on the construction plan of the international school as Manyin (right) watches.
Abang Johari said that English is the language of technology, where most of the device manuals are written in English and there is no Bahasa Malay.
“That is our dilemma because in the future, technology will move the curtain. For a country to be a developed nation, it must develop in accordance with the advancement of technology.
“So I have a decision to make, if we want to train Sarawak students to be on par with the international community, we have no choice but to train our students according to the needs of the future, which is based on technology ”, he emphasized.
Having said that, Abang Johari said that the state government decided not to international schools because it does not trust the national education system.
“We actually follow the national system, but sometimes it’s a bit strange. When the Minister changed the system and the policy also changed.
“We feel that we want to improve the policy that can give a positive impact to our students and so we created our own international schools,” he added.
The Minister of Education, Science and Technology Research (MESTR) Dato Sri Michael Manyin, the Minister of Housing and Local Government Datuk Dr. Sim Kui Hian and the Deputy Minister of the MESTR, Dr. Annuar Rapaee, were among those present at the event.
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