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E-skills training: Learning tech behind prison walls
By : SHYLA SANGARAN
FOR many inmates, there is something harder than
prison life and that is life on the outside.
Many of those behind bars are repeat offenders who have never
learned to deal with the rigours of the real world.Re-offending
cases are high mainly because former inmates are ill-equipped
to enter the job market. Often, they do not possess relevant
skills which could be used to earn a living..more
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ICT skills development for
the less fortunate
By Prasanna Raman
Pertubuhan prihatin social has won the Samsung Digital Hope
grant for the second consecutive year. It has proposed the
empowerment of 350 unemployed youth in economically disadvantaged
neighborhood with information and communications technology
(ICT) skills and knowledge.The RM 255,000 from Samsung will
be used to set up a one stop technology centre for facilitating
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Tech training for inmates
By PRASANNA RAMAN
Inmates of various detention centers are usually taught handicraft,
batik printing or woodwork in hopes that these skills would
help them make a living upon their release form such centers.
But in today’s digital age, such skills are secondary
compared to IT skills, which easily promise better job opportunities.
With this mind, the Samsung DigitAll Hope programme...more |
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SAMSUNG DigitAll Hope Grant
Funds IT Centre To Empower Henry Gurney Youths
MALACCA, 16 February 2006 – SAMSUNG Malaysia
Electronics (SME) today marked another milestone in its quest
to bridge the digital divide by funding yet another technology-driven
project – the SAMSUNG YOUTHpreneur Centre (SYC) in Henry
Gurney School.Present at the official opening of the centre
were Yang Berhormat Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop...more |
Education boon for these juveniles
Kuala Lumpur: The education Ministry is providing
teachers for juveniles in prisons nationwide to help them
their studies.There are about 2,500 juveniles in prison.Those
between 14 and 21 can be jailed in the eight juveniles prisons.Children
under 18 are sent to a Henry Gurney School or other school
after sentencing..read more
Humble kerepek business
goes online
By Prasanna Raman
Although as enterprising as they could be, 52
women form three adjoining villages in Sungai pelek, Selangor
never imeginated that they could sell their kerepek or chips
and other traditional snacks beyond the weekly pasar tani
(farmer’s market) in the closest town.
But with the launch of the electronic industry
or e-industry desa project, these snack makers and frozen
food suppliers have started knocking on the doors of hypermarket
in the country to sell their..read
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