JOHOR BAHRU: The government will loosen the eligibility requirements for persons with disabilities (PwD) to be enrolled in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes to make it easier for them to join the field.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he will inform Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who chairs the TVET Council, to implement the matter.
“I will tell him that although there is some flexibility for PwDs currently, do not make the requirements too strict, such as (having) both hands. It should be based on capabilities, so we will give some flexibility.
“Insya Allah, this can (be implemented),” he said when replying to a participant in the ‘Temu Anwar’ dialogue programme at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, here today.
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