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Proposal for gig, digital curricula in universities​


Experts say outdated teaching models risk leaving graduates unprepared for flexible, tech-driven labour markets​

Harith Kamal
  • 2025-09-22 08:00 AM

Balakrishnan said the prevalence of ride hailing service workers and delivery riders reflect the rise of flexible, tech-driven jobs that universities must prepare graduates to navigate. – ADAM AMIR HAMZAH/THESUNBalakrishnan said the prevalence of ride hailing service workers and delivery riders reflect
the rise of flexible, tech-driven jobs that universities must prepare graduates to navigate.
– ADAM AMIR HAMZAH/THESUN


PETALING JAYA: Malaysian universities must urgently integrate gig economy and digital entrepreneurship training into their curricula to prepare graduates for
the realities of today’s labour market, experts said.

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Universiti Malaysia Kelantan human resource and industrial relations expert Prof Dr Balakrishnan Parasuraman said traditional job expectations are vanishing, with younger generations increasingly favouring independent and flexible work over permanent employment.

“The world has changed very fast compared with the 1980s and 1990s. We are entering a fully digitalised society in which everyone must be equipped with basic digital literacy and the latest technological knowledge,” he told theSun
 
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