Talent Corp to leapfrog poor education?

Talent Corp to leapfrog poor education?

(taken from de minimis' posting called 'It's the tax incentives, stupid!')

The move to recall the Malaysian diaspora back to the Motherland is to be applauded. The move to reach out to foreign skilled workers is also worthy of many claps.

The absence of any clear moves to improve the quality of education is a concern.

In fact, this is one of the mysteries that is wrapped in an enigma that is the Pemandu programmes. There has hardly been any serious thought given to how to improve Malaysian education at all levels.

And here we thought that all the transformation is also to transform human capital, MALAYSIAN HUMAN CAPITAL. What gives, man?

From this standpoint Talent Corp's initiatives will be seen as another FDI-type initiative where human capital is imported to fill a void left by a paltry local human talent bank. Forget about creating skilled Malaysian human capital, just parachute the Malaysian diaspora and skilled foreign workers into Malaysia.