Malaysia Needs 250,000 Engineers By 2020

SHAH ALAM, July 23 (Bernama) -- The country needs about 250,000 professional engineers by 2020.
Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said this number of engineers was required to ensure that the government's development programmes would proceed as planned.
"The target will bring the ratio of engineers to the number of people to 1:100 which is the ratio for developed nations. The effort to meet the target will be undertaken by the government through huge investment in human capital development," he told reporters after officiating at the Engineering Alumni talk show at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) here Wednesday.
Mohd Zin said UiTM, for example, produced 500 engineers each year while the government needed 10,000 engineers each year to reach the target of 250,000 by 2020.
He said the industries that required more engineers included manufacturing, biotechnology, information technology, chemical and robotics.
In another development, Mohd Zin said his ministry would study UiTM's request for a tiered road from the Federal Highway direct to UiTM.
"We have to study from the parameter technical aspect and if there is an urgency for the road, I will forward the request to the Economic Planning Unit for approval. When approved, then only will the Finance Ministry make an allocation for the road project," he said.
The Engineering Alumni talk show was organised by UiTM's Engineering Faculty for the strengthening of relations and sharing of experiences among members who are also the industry players.
Mohd Zin graduated in civil engineering from UiTM in 1977.

tunku : i hope that the government will able to produce 250000 jobs for the engineers by 2020. that is the most important thing.as for now there are engineers without job especially the civil engineers. some of them are working as assistant site supervisors with very low salary.if the government targeting 10000 engineers each year,then the government too should be able to provide 10000 jobs for them each year.