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KKDW Wants AgroTVET@KKDW Strengthened To Produce Competitive Agro-entrepreneurs
NILAI, Aug 14 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Rural and Regional Development (KKDW) wants the Agro Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) @KKDW programme to continue to be strengthened to produce competent, innovative and highly competitive agro-entrepreneurs.
Deputy Minister Datuk Rubiah Wang said the move would also help elevate the country's agricultural sector on the international stage.
'This is because it focuses on a smart agricultural curriculum in line with the Fourth Industrial Revolution, farm mechanisation and automation, and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the agricultural sector.
'The programme also focuses on the development of agro-based halal industries, strengthening strategic cooperation with global industries, and the establishment of a Regional Agro Innovation Reference Centre,' she said in her speech at the 21st Convocation Ceremony of Kolej Universiti Agrosains Malaysia (UCAM) here today.
Meanwhile, Rubiah said UCAM was not merely an educational institution but the driving force behind Desa MADANI aspirations, producing graduates capable of transforming rural communities from aid recipients into opportunity creators and shaping their own futures.
She said UCAM had also proven successful in producing a workforce capable of both meeting industry needs and driving the growth of rural communities across various fields, including agriculture, farm management, livestock, rural development, computer science and business.
According to Rubiah, the government, through KKDW, intended to see UCAM emerge as a leading agricultural TVET institution at the national level and a key agricultural hub in Southeast Asia.
Earlier, a total of 467 graduates from 21 programmes at the Master's, Bachelor's, Diploma, Executive Programme Certificate and Malaysian Skills Certificate levels received their scrolls at the convocation
Muhammad Fathur Rahman Mohd Sani, 24, who graduated with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Honours), was conferred the Minister of Rural and Regional Development Award (Best Overall Graduate) in recognition of his outstanding academic performance.
