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The aim of the programme will be to deliver hands-on, applied AI learning to students, workers, women, entrepreneurs and small business owners to support productivity, income generation and employability through the use of AI.
Malaysia is stepping up efforts to prepare its workers for an AI-driven economy, with the Ministry of Human Resources (KESUMA) expanding its Jelajah AI MyMahir initiative nationwide.
Launched by Minister of Human Resources Ramanan Ramakrishnan on 17 January, the initiative is a community-based AI upskilling programme led by Talent Corporation Malaysia (TalentCorp) in partnership with Ernst & Young Consulting (EY Malaysia). It focuses on practical AI skills that can be applied at work, in business, and in daily productivity. The emphasis, Minister Ramanan said, is on ensuring Malaysians remain employable and competitive as AI reshapes jobs across sectors.
Under the nationwide rollout, the programme will be implemented across 60 constituencies, delivering hands-on, applied AI learning to students, workers, women, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, and will focus on immediately usable AI applications that support productivity, income generation and employability.
Valued at RM110mn, the collaboration is expected to benefit around 22,000 Malaysians nationwide — including approximately 12,000 participants through Jelajah AI MyMahir, and another 10,000 through TalentCorp initiatives targeting school and university students, women and military veterans.
KESUMA said the push comes amid growing urgency, as an estimated 685,000 of workers could be significantly affected in the next three to five years without accelerated upskilling. Further, research by ISIS Malaysia suggests that 45% of the workforce, or approximately 6.7mn workers, have at least 40% of their job tasks potentially substitutable by existing generative AI technologies.
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Lead image / HR Minister Ramanan Ramakrishnan's Facebook
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