| Izah Azahari |
A MEMORANDUM of Un-derstanding (MoU) and App-renticeship Training Agreement (ATA) Signing Ceremony for the ‘Apprenticeship Training Programme’ was held yesterday between DST and the Institute of Brunei Technical Education (IBTE) at the DST Headquarters in Tungku Link.
Present as guest of honour to witness the signing was Abdul Latiff bin Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yusof, a member of DST Board of Directors.
Also present were Haji Suhaimi bin Haji Hussain, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DST; Dr Chin Wei Keh, Director and Chief Executive Officer of IBTE; Zulhilmi bin Haji Abidin, Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Head of Law Enforcement Division from the Ministry of Home Affairs; invited guests and members of the DST senior management and staff.
In his welcoming speech, the CEO of DST highlighted that the company is honoured to be selected by the Ministry of Education through IBTE to jointly contribute to the development of Brunei Darussalam’s human resources as emphasised in the National Development Plan and Brunei Vision 2035.
Haji Suhaimi added that the MoU is also in line with DST’s fundamental mission of investing in human capital development to produce a competent and knowledgeable workforce in DST, along with striving to be able to contribute towards empowering talented resources amid the call for Brunei’s future economic development.
“As one of the premier business organisations, DST’s participation in this MoU is not just a matter of fulfilling our responsibility but the MoU represents a cause that DST believes in as reflected in our mission,” he added.
In a speech, Dr Chin Wei Keh stated that IBTE has been working closely with various stakeholders in the past few years to provide skilled human capital as a driver for economic growth in the country towards achieving Brunei Vision 2035.
The CEO of DST, Haji Suhaimi bin Haji Hussain (L), exchanging the signed documents with the Director and CEO of IBTE, Dr Chin Wei Keh (R) witnessed by the guest of honour Abdul Latiff bin Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yusof, a member of DST Board of Directors. – IZAH AZAHARI
Dr Chin said the MoU signing brings the total number of participating Dual-System Apprenticeship network companies with IBTE at different sectors to a total of 64.
During the period from August to November 2016, Dr Chin said DST sent their technical specialists to ‘Train the Trainers’ of IBTE, where a total of 84 hours was spent in exchanging knowledge and expertise between the DST specialists and IBTE instructors.
“With this collaboration bet-ween IBTE and DST, our students will have the added edge with their skills and understanding by achieving industry standards much quicker in this competitive times,” said Dr Chin.
Dr Chin also added that the signing for the dual-system apprenticeship scheme for HNTech in Telecommunications and IT ensures that highly sought after skilled manpower in the telecommunication and IT sectors are available to meet the demands of the industry, which translate into efficiency and effectiveness for all the TelCo business operation in Brunei.
The Apprenticeship Training Programme provides valuable training in creating ‘job ready’ graduates with hard and soft skills, developing in-depth understanding of the industry and able to achieve industry standards in a short span of time.
With the MoU and ATA agreement, DST will initially provide two students to participate in the Dual-Apprenticeship Style to take part in both academic study as well as on the job training at DST for a period of two years which will begin on January 3, 2017, focusing in industry skills in Telecommunications and IT specifically in the academic achievement of HNTech in Telecommunications and IT.
Representing DST signatories for the MoU signing for the Apprenticeship Programme were the CEO of DST, and Ramlah binti Haji Rabaha, Assistant General Manager of Group Human Resources in DST.
While IBTE was represented by the Director and CEO of IBTE, and Habib Mohammad bin Haji Wan Junaidi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Academic) of IBTE.
The event also saw the signing of the ATA between DST, IBTE witnessed by Awang Zulhilmi, Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Head of Law Enforcement Division from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Representing DST for the ATA signing was Dayang Ramlah, Assistant General Manager of Group Human Resources in DST; while IBTE was represented by Dr Sheikh Lukman bin Sheikh Abdul Hamid, IBTE Principal of IBTE Central.
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