MDeC embarks on "ICT as Career of Choice campaign" to promote ICT courses among school leavers and pre-university students
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) has embarked on "as Career of Choice Campaign" to attract more students to enroll in ICT courses and create higher awareness on the availability of ICT-related jobs.The campaign also aims to erase negative perceptions of ICT among the students, parents and career counselors.
Among the activities carried out for this campaign is the career talk held at the Kolej Matrikulasi Johor in Tangkak, Johor on 11 January 2008.This talk is carried out by the MSC Malaysia K-Workers Development Initiatives (MSC Malaysia KDI), including the speakers from Shared Services and Outsourcing and Creative Multimedia Content clusters, as well as the Technopreneur Development Division.
The whole campaign is part of the national agenda of transforming Malaysia into a knowledge-based society by 2020.
