KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 (Sin Chew Daily) – Taiwan's vocational training courses for oversea youths are now open for registration until October 15.

A total of 19 colleges and universities in Taiwan are offering 40 types of skill-based training courses for youths.

Classes will start in March 2021.

The courses range from baking, pastry, hotel management, beauty, multimedia design, automobile maintenance, farming, space design, etc.

Lawrence Ting Siew Haw, president of the Federation of Alumni Associations of Taiwan Universities Malaysia, and Lin Wei De, chairman of overseas Chinese affairs division under the cultural department of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia have called upon Malaysian youths to sign up for the courses.

Ting said the two-year courses have now been run for 40 batches. So far, these courses have trained 20,000 to 30,000 Malaysians as skilled workers.

The updated courses offer the latest skills required by youths to meet the demand in the job market, Ting said.

Malaysian students who have completed five years of secondary school education and youths below the age of 40 are welcome to apply for the courses.