Hobbies can become profitable business ideas

Lifelong learning can be broadly categorised into three types – academic learning earns paper qualifications, skills-based courses qualify you for blue-collar jobs while recreational learning encompasses language..

Sowing unity through leadership by example

Discussions on racial unity have become increasingly intense of late. I find this rather ironic considering the fact that it has been 50 years since independence and we are now even more concerned over creating unity as..

Award from alma mater

If you think you are not making any headway in your career and your life, it makes sense to upgrade yourself academically -- Datuk Clement Hii

Distance learning a boon for busy working adults

Malaysians are becoming more hardworking in the struggle to improve their economic status by upgrading their skills or knowledge.  

Long-ignored folly of the tuition mania

If you want a round cupcake, you use a round mould. In our Malaysian educational context, I sometimes feel we are using square moulds to make round cupcakes.

Complacency – the killer of progress

Just as stagnant water becomes stale and unfit for drinking, so does progress when complacency sets in. This is one of the reasons the Lifelong Learning Campaign was launched.

Retirees can become a productive asset

We have been complaining about brain drain and human resource shortage since kingdom come.

Need to resolve mismatch in the job market

There is an employment paradox in this country. On one hand, we have regular news reports that graduates are having a hard time getting jobs.

Solve brain drain problem

Brain drain has been an issue of concern for Malaysia in the past decade and is far from being solved. In fact, it does not look like it will be solved any time soon.

How to make the ringgit count for adult learners

There is a myriad of academic and training courses for working adults but is the investment of time and money worth it.  

Raising the poor with education and training

Millions in loans and resources have been allocated for poverty eradication programmes but these programmes lack emphasis on self-sufficiency, independence and personal development.

Training one’s employees is worth the investment

Should employers invest to upgrade their workers’ skills, only to see them leave for a higher paying job later? Yes, because they are investing in their company’s future too.

Self-actualisation the secret to a happy society

The philosophy behind lifelong learning actually goes deeper than just economic and personal development – it can raise the happiness quotient of Malaysians.