PARLIAMENT | The government will focus on providing on-the-job training for youths to address the gap skills required for jobs, said Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.

The ministry, in collaboration with other related ministries, would open an academy under the government’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programme, dubbed the ’Academy in Factory’.

Companies, such as those in the manufacturing sector, would provide training to the youths to gain the necessary skillset...