TVET grads to get boost as govt pushing for RM3,000 minimum wage, says Zahid

Published on 9 Nov 2023 9:02:13 PM

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduates should earn a minimum wage of RM3,000 or there would not be takers should the minimum wage be the same as non-skilled workers, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The Rural and Regional Development Minister said this after handing over the letters of appointment to the members of the Advisory Council of the National Association of Skilled Workers (PKPB) at Parliament on Thursday (Nov 9), and said there is a need to make TVET qualifications accepted globally akin to white collar job qualifications, that TVET must not remain as the second or last choice of youths.

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