Malaysia Accelerates Digitalisation through Training Programmes and AI Development
The Manila Times | 25th February 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (Bernama) - The government is committed to accelerating Malaysia's digital transformation by strengthening talent development in technology fields, including artificial intelligence (Al), to ensure the workforce is ready to face the challenges of the digital economy.
Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo noted that the elsahawan programme organised by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has trained over 563,000 entrepreneurs since 2015, enabling them to master digital marketing and e-commerce strategies.
"To ensure that Malaysians remain competitive in the digital economy, we have also implemented the MD Workforce Training and Place & Train initiative, which has involved 12,964 local workers in fields such as Al, cloud computing, data science, and animation until December 2024," he told the Dewan Rakyat today.
He added that as of November 2024, the overall achievement of the Public Sector Digitalisation Strategic Plan 2021-2025 reached 82.15 per cent. Additionally, Gobind announced that the government is implementing Al at Work 2.0, a collaboration with Google Cloud, which allows 445,000 civil servants to use generative Al technology in their daily tasks.
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