PETALING JAYA: Local edtech company ReSkills Global and academic institution Tenth College of University Putra Malaysia have agreed to collaborate on a special overseas youth empowerment program.
The two institutions will be partners on 2023’s K10 Skills and Knowledge Youth Empowerment program, or K10 SKYE.
This program will be organized by Tenth College’s 2021/2022 Session College Representative Council (MPK), along with other groups such as Tenth College management, the Engineering Collegian Society (PEMAJU), the Faculty of Design and Architecture (FRSB), University Putra Malaysia PUTRA International Centre (i-Putra) and the Student Affairs Division (BHEP).
The K10 SKYE program will be held from March 5-18 2023 at MacQuarie University, the University of Sydney and University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. 16 students and two university officials will be selected to be part of it.
The program’s goals include enhancing the intellectual capacity of its students, by allowing them to examine different cultures. Other goals include giving students the opportunity to increase their global capacity through overseas study experience, as well as heightening their understanding of global issues and perspectives, particularly in areas relevant to their field of study. Finally, the program allowed these graduates to help promote Malaysian culture by playing a role as mini diplomats to our country.
Formal agreement to the program was signed at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang last week between ReSkills Head of Marketing Yen Lee and Tenth College UPM principal YBhg Prof Ts. Dr. Wan Zuha Bin Wan Hasan.
According to Lee, ReSkills firmly believed in youth as the leaders of the future, and one of their company’s missions was to equip the new generation with the skills and knowledge required to make a positive impact in the future.
“We look forward to this new era of cooperation and collaboration. An overseas study experience is invaluable as it allows students to exit their comfort zones and learn more about different norms and cultures. We hope that participants of this program will gain much from it, not just academic knowledge, but also interpersonal and social skills that will empower them as leaders of tomorrow,” said Lee.
This partnership also marks the first time ReSkills Global has collaborated with a local educational institution.
Formed on April 1, 1999, Tenth College is a prestigious academic institution and member of Universiti Putra Malaysia. It mainly houses students from the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Design & Architecture.
ReSkills is a global OnLive(Online+LIVE) learning platform that makes education & learning affordable and accessible to anyone, anywhere. It provides learners with a variety of practical and impactful learning services, and focuses on affordable career learning to complement academic learning.
