Global News, USA, 11 April 2020 - Danish Construction association wants a tripartite agreement to ensure internships for students in vocational schools.
New Straits Times, Malaysia, 11 April 2020 - Form six and diploma students are set to receive a RM200 one-off payment under the Prihatin Rakyat economic stimulus package.
Deccan Herald, India, 10 April 2020 - A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court for a direction to the Union government to bring back Indian migrants stranded in Gulf countries, on the emergence of the coronavirus.
The Nation, Pakistan, 10 April 2020 - The official trade body of Pakistan’s retail sector has appealed the federal government to extend liquidity support amid the coronavirus pandemic crisis that is hitting the country’s economy hard.
The Guardian, United Kingdom, 10 April 2020 - ustine Tanomjit, a commercial law student at Aberystwyth University, was headhunted for a job as an insurance broker that would have begun in June. Two weeks ago she got a call saying the interview was cancelled. “I feel so sad and frustrated. I’d been nervous about leaving uni and getting an interview was really exciting,” she says.
Hindustan Times, India, 9 April 2020 - Amid the nationwide lockdown owing to the Covid-19 outbreak, institutes offering vocational education in the state have been mandated to conduct at least two hours of online teaching for students.
INDaily, Australia, 9 April 2020 - Coronavirus has forced sudden, major changes to the way many businesses and employees operate, and when the crisis passes a return to the status quo will be unthinkable, writes Morry Bailes.
China.org.cn, China, 9 April 2020 - China has launched a large-scale online vocational training program free of charge, as part of its efforts to improve workers' professional skills and facilitate poverty alleviation, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Wednesday.
Hindustan Times, India, 9 April 2020 - Even during the coronavirus lockdown, institutes offering vocational education in the state have been mandated by the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training (DVET) to conduct at least two hours of online teaching for students.
HR Exchange Network, Global, 8 April 2020 - For years now, human resources professionals have heard about artificial intelligence and automation with increasing frequency, and with good reason. The two closely-related technologies are being used for more and more tasks within organizations. Most are used to replace humans engaged in repetitive processes; things that are completed the same way over and over again. The implementation of one or both technologies can have positive impacts on the bottom lines of companies.
Daily Mail, Australia, 8 April 2020 - Australia has created a new visa for foreign nationals stranded in Australia during the coronavirus crisis.
First Post, India, 7 April 2020 - Reverse migration of workers since the Covid-19 outbreak has serious public-health implications. With basic sustenance support from the government for three months, many interstate migrants may not return to work soon. Labour shortage, it is being feared, can hinder economic recovery. The shares of interstate migrants in overall migration and employment are estimated at 15 percent and 20 percent, respectively.
Quartz India, India, 7 April 2020 - India’s coronavirus outbreak, and the ongoing 21-day lockdown to contain it, has shone a spotlight on the hard life of its seasonal migrants.
The Indian Weekender, Global, 7 April 2020 - It is interesting to see that when the public health experts, the scientific community and the policy-makers are busy in averting a major public health crisis all around the world, a selected few hopefuls, especially with some idle times on hand, are busy in envisaging - a post-Covid-19 world - according to their chosen area of concern, or expertise.
The Japan Times, Japan, 7 April 2020 - With no end in sight to the COVID-19 outbreak, and having just declared a state of emergency, the Japanese government is now deliberating whether to extend its February guidance for the nationwide closure of schools beyond the usual start of the academic year early this month.
The Star, Malaysia, 7 April 2020 - Private skills-training institutions are urging the government to allocate interest-free loans amounting to RM3bil to assist those that are badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The CSR Journal, India, 6 April 2020 - Andhra Pradesh is set to become the skill capital of India. The State will soon have a Skill University besides a multi-skill development centres in every constituency, to train and make the youth industry-ready.
New Era Live, Namibia, 3 April 2020 - Policymakers acknowledge that TVET is crucial to Namibia’s socio-economic development. But, three indefensible inequities continue to exist in the TVET sector.
The Times of India, India, 2 April 2020 - Farmers engaged in paddy cultivation in the current rabi season are worried. While the crop has matured in most places and reached the harvesting stage, the harvester machines may not be available to them for want of trained technicians who are usually sourced from outside the state.
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand, 1 April 2020 - It's time for New Zealand to shed its long accumulated collective hypocrisy of treating temporary migrant workers with contempt and disrespect.
