July 2021 - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

Penang Takes its First Step into the Space Age

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ON APRIL 20, a landmark signing took place between Angkasa-X, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Digital Penang to position and develop Penang as a key player...

Aviation Academies Adapt to the Crisis

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THE YEAR 2020 has been described as "the worst year in aviation history".1 The impact was not only felt within the airline industry alone; aviation academies to...

Guiding Kids to Learn Online

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ONE DAY THEY are seated in cacophonous classrooms and the next, they find themselves in silent surroundings, with only computer screens as the only distraction....

Major Institutions Provide Upskilling Opportunities to Fight Rising Unemployment

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PENANG, WITH ITS population of about 1.8 million, faces a perennial challenge of retaining human capital. Where this was once resolved by hiring from out of sta...

Entering Adulthood Indoors... and Online

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LEAVING SECONDARY SCHOOLING behind is supposed to present endless possibilities. Significant milestones are to appear, together marking a rite of passage into a...

TVET in Numbers

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ACCORDING TO THE Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia produced about 255,000 graduates in 2020, approximately 86% of which were from the academic track, and 1...

Arts-ED: Getting People to Know Each Other

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PENANG-BASED ARTS-ED works at finding creative ways to connect culturally-diverse young Malaysians. Besides making sure that the young learn art techniques, it...

With E-learning, Universal Education Finally Comes of Age

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LIKE SO MANY generations before me have done I associate learning with schools with buildings to which little uniformed boys and girls trudge before the day get...

Farizan bin Darus: A Lifetime Serving Penang and the Civil Service [Part One]

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AFTER A LIFETIME in the civil service, Dato' Seri Haji Farizan bin Darus finally retired from the powerful position of State Secretary for Penang State in 2019....

An Unrecognisable New Normal

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