I have just spoken to Puan Rohaidah, the HR Manager. We agreed that for the next intake (sometime in April 2009), the training duration will be for 2.5 months. This would give better exposure to the students and projects to be undertaken can be slightly more elaborate and interesting too. Both Ain and students can benefit from this.
Please let me know if you have other priorities during the semester break. Shortlisting can be made easier. Thank you.
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hurm..sure enough those who attached to Ain will learn more than us..envy me..Dr..how about other fact0ry?? are they stick to 6 weeks??
Hello! Pharmaniaga and GSK provide at least two months. We are planning to increase the credit-hours from six to eight. This will require at least two months. It depends also on the willingness of the manufacturing sectors to accommodate. Even with only six weeks, some companies keep on mentioning: we are renovating, production is at maximum capacity and thus could not afford the time to train, we never take trainees, we don't have enough personnel to train the students, while some simply shut us out. The attitude of some of these companies, reflect negative aspect of Malaysian companies in doing their bit for fellow Malaysians. In a way, there is no gesture to cooperate with institution of higher learning. Or could it be IIUM? Could it be that the 'Islamic' is ominous? I pray not. I pray that our brethren is this blessed country are not that shallow. If you were to read yesterday's paper on social responsibility, nothing was mentioned by the writer on the responsibility of the industries to nurture their future employees let alone social responsibility or commitment. Look, our pharmacy undergraduates may join the industries. The industries need pharmacists. The industries criticise the universities for not preparing the students to enter the workforce. But, when such industrial training is put into place, the industries are rather cold about it. You may notice that we have a few university-industry dialogues going on. I went once only. During the workshop I voiced my solution to this particular problem. The organiser is good at organising. Period. I also find it strange that some of these industries could not see the benefit of having undergraduates with them. I used to have students conducting little projects that support processes in production. The longer the training duration, the better. The remuneration given would be far less than the actual salary given to a person doing similar tasks. Further, allowances given to students are tax-deductible. It is a double win-win solution to the nation.
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