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Dependency on foreign labours

According to the report by PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia (PwC) in 2018, the demand for TVET's
workforce by the industry in 2015 was 6.6 million and is expected to increase to 7.98 million by 2030.
Meanwhile, the offering of TVET graduates from the public and private TVET institutions was estimated
at 142,000 in 2015 and is expected to increase to 188,000 by 2030. Malaysia however, is still unable to
provide sufficient number of local TVET workforce to meet the demand of the industry in the country.

The country should ensure that the dependency on foreign labours is at the minimum level by
developing and offering highly skilled study programmes specifically for the capital-intensive industries.

Industry's Demand vs. TVET Graduates Offer by field

3,329,000

1,421,000
1,189,000

599,000
56,000 30,780
2,450 450 8,250 100,100

Agriculture Mining & Manufacturing Construction Services
Quarrying
Source:
Industry’s demand TVET Graduates offer Kajian Pembangunan Pelan Induk Kebangsaan Latihan Teknikal
dan Vokasional (TVET) Ke Arah Negara Maju Dan Halatuju
Sehingga Tahun 2050, ILMIA, 2018

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