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OF late, there has been a lot of talk about producing future proof graduates or future ready youths (in an economic sense). One of the major proposals is to equip our youths with enough technical knowledge to deal with Industry 4.0. This, I believe, is at best half the solution.
While it would always help to equip ourselves with some technical knowledge, however, an economy will only need a certain number of technical personnel.
To ensure employability of our youths in the future, we will need to predict the development of our economy.
Statistic shows that in 2019, agriculture contributed around 7% to Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP), while the manufacturing industry contributed approximately 37% and the services sector about 54%.