Phnom Penh Post
A worker stands in a
Toyota car factory. A Thai-based technical university plans to help
Cambodia improve human resources in the technical sector. Photograph
supplied
A Thailand-based technical university yesterday signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with technical training institutes
in Cambodia to improve human resources in the technical sector.
The MoUs were signed between the Thai Rajamangala University of
Technology and the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia and the
National Technical Training Institute, both geared at raising Cambodia’s
technical knowledge to meet market needs.
According to Pich Sophorn, secretary of state of the Ministry of
Labour and Vocational Training, Cambodia’s young people are receiving
higher levels of education as universities flourish in the Kingdom.
However, students often fail to pursue the fields that will provide them
the best opportunities and match the needs of the industry sector.
“We have seen an increase in foreign direct investment, especially in the industrial sector,” he said.
“Today students who have graduated from technical training institutes
often get better job opportunities than university graduates.”
Neither party released the total cost of the MoU, but according to
Numyoot Songthanapitak, president of Rajamangala University, both
parties will sit down and work together to design a better curriculum to
strengthen the quality and target the demands of the market. He added
that there will be more exchange study programmes between students, more
assistance provided and many other kinds of technical support.
“[The cooperation] will help to upgrade the teaching faculty of both
institutes and will provide a better quality of human resources in the
technical sector,” said Numyoot of Rajamangala University.
Mona Tep, director at the Society of Human Resource Management and
Productivity, told the Post yesterday that those who had vocational
training and skills in machine operation and industrial engineering can
usually easily find jobs at garment factories as middle-managers or
production-line managers and earn a very good salary. But she said their
numbers are still tiny among Cambodians.
“I think the number in the workforce with technical knowledge is very
small. We have to promote and strengthen it now, otherwise we will lose
advantages in joining the economic integration in 2015.”
Sophorn said that currently “economic power nations like South Korea
and Singapore have a large number of qualified engineers in the
country.”
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