Varsity students will have more avenues to showcase their creativity and innovations.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said this was necessary to bring out the best in students and the ministry would do its utmost to help.
“More technology-oriented competitions will be held in the near future to ensure graduates are highly motivated and innovative,” he said at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Robocon 2009 finals at Stadium Malawati.
“We will hold the Imagine Cup with Microsoft soon and students will have to use technology to tackle some of the world’s challenges.
“We will also hold a green energy competition with Shell.
“Innovation is the key to Malaysia moving away from a resource-based extraction economy,” Khaled said, adding that the ministry had conducted a study on human capital development last year.
The study, costing RM350,000, was done in collaboration with the Malaysian Invention and Design Society, Universiti Teknologi Mara and the Malaysian Design Council.
“We will create a blueprint based on the results and targets, and key performance indicators will be set up after that,” he added.
On Robocon 2009, Khaled said that the contest was more than just a yardstick of innovation as fair play and competition were promoted amongst the 64 participating teams from various public and private universities.
Held annually since 2002, the eighth edition of Robocon saw Roboforce 1 of Multimedia Univer-sity (MMU) Melaka defending its title.
They received a RM10,000 cheque, an ABU special award worth US$1,000 (RM3,515) and will represent Malaysia at the global finals in Tokyo, Japan.
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