KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) is set to roll out a six-point action plan this year in order strengthen itself and increase the proportion of skilled workers within Malaysia.
This action plan will include the training of 1.2 million Malaysian employees with a target on job-ready youths and graduates especially those from among low-income families.
It will also review and upgrade its long-standing train-the-trainer programme as to raise its quality as well as emphasising diversity and inclusion to better serve its customers and stakeholders.
HRDF will not stop its internal investigations, which started in July last year, to bring all errant stakeholders inclusive of training providers, trainees and staff who connived to justice.
"The fund has already filed reports to the police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC); it has also filed civil claims against trainees for submitting false particulars,” it said in a statement.
“In the meantime, civil claims will soon be filed against errant training providers. These efforts build on the report delivered by the five-member Governance Oversight Committee in November 2018 and made publicly available by the fund at its website.”
It also wants to ensure all liable employers are registered by the end of 2019.
The fund also announced today the appointment of former Malaysian ambassador to the Netherlands, Datuk Noor Farida Mohd Ariffin as it new chairman.
“Farida is a proven leader and her appointment as the chair will be invaluable. The fund also expresses its appreciation for the leadership of the board’s deputy chairman, Datuk Quah Thain Khan, during a period of great change for the fund,” HRDF said.
Farida also sits on the boards of Ecoworld Development Group Bhd and Aerospace Technology Systems Corp Sdn Bhd.