MUKAH: Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak (TEGAS) remains committed to empowering education and employment opportunities through the organisation of the “Project of Dream Realised” (ProDR) Roadshow Programme which is now entering its 10th edition.

Balingian Assemblyman and TEGAS Trustee Board Member, Abdul Yaakub Arbi stressed that ProDR is in line with the Post-COVID-19 Development Strategy (PCDS) 2030 and supports the state government’s efforts to produce 500,000 highly skilled workers by 2030.

“Programmes like ProDR are important in empowering rural youth with early exposure to education, technical training and skills that are relevant to future needs,” he said during his speech at the program’s opening ceremony at the Dewan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Mukah, on Friday.

He also congratulated TEGAS and all strategic partners who made this high-impact programme a success, and hoped that more similar initiatives would be expanded to the Mukah area and its surrounding areas.

This edition of the ProDR programme involves a series of tours to 14 locations throughout Sarawak over a period of 31 days, with the participation of more than 31 educational institutions and government agencies, opening up opportunities for students and rural youth to learn about various career paths and skill areas.

Also launched in this programme was the ‘Think & Tinker’ (T&T) Mini Lab at SMK Mukah and Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Parish Balingian, which is a STEM-based digital learning space that includes modules such as ‘MicroBit for Beginner Workshop’, ‘Arduino Basics 101’, ‘Drone Programming’, ‘Exploring mBot Robotics’ and many more.

Also present were Mukah Division Deputy Resident, Shafrie Saili, Mukah District Officer, Peleadzman Ahip and TEGAS Chief Executive Officer, Udin Bujang. -UKASnews