Kuskop To Conduct Review On Implementation Of PROTÈGÈ Programme - Ewon

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- A review of the implementation of the Professional Training and Education for Growing Entrepreneurs (PROTÈGÈ) programme under the 12th Malaysia Plan (MP) will be conducted to enhance its effectiveness in the 13th MP.

Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick said the programme could provide a platform for university students and graduates to discover employment opportunities, with participation from companies interested in hiring them as trainees and staff.

“Engagement sessions for the 13MP are currently underway. The initiatives under the PROTÈGÈ programme should continue, along with the implementation of new initiatives in the 13MP under KUSKOP (Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development).

“PROTÈGÈ serves as a platform for students to venture into entrepreneurship, providing them with the chance to obtain funding from agencies under KUSKOP and the banking sector,” he told reporters after officiating the closing ceremony of the Borneo Zone PROTÈGÈ Carnival here today.

Earlier in his speech, Ewon said that, so far, 60,649 students and graduates had participated in various PROTÈGÈ entrepreneurship programmes under the 12MP.

He added that a total of 31,484 graduates had benefited from the PROTÈGÈ Ready To Work initiative from 2021 until last month.

-- BERNAMA