The Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) is an organisation under the Human Resources Ministry established in 1993.

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Governed by the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Bhd Act 2001 (PSMB Act 2001), HRDF was given a mandate by the Malaysian Government to catalyse the development of a competent local workforce that will contribute to Malaysia’s vision of becoming a high-income economy.

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Since its inception, HRDF has evolved in its role from managing a sizeable fund to becoming a one-stop-centre for providing novel human resource development (HRD) solutions to Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

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The custodian and the authoritative institution is well positioned to offer robust and prudent solutions that will help Malaysia move up in rank on the Global Competitiveness Index by enhancing regional and global competitiveness; thus, creating an effective and efficient Malaysian labour market that will help propel the country to become a high-income nation by the year 2020.

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In line with the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP), the Government has initiated several programmes under 11MP that focus on accelerating human capital development through four key areas which are:

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• Improving the efficiency of the labour market to accelerate economic growth;

• Transforming technical and vocational education to meet industry demand;

• Strengthening lifelong learning for skills enhancement; and

• Improving the quality of education system for better student outcomes and institutional excellence.

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For the “Strengthening of Lifelong Learning for Skills Enhancement” programme, HRDF's dynamic new mandate is to ensure the creation and growth of quality local human capital through efficient high-skilled training certification programmes and initiatives. This would contribute to a 35 per cent skilled Malaysian workforce and the creation of 1.5 million jobs by the Year 2020.

Additionally, HRDF continues to be steadfast in its effort towards encouraging employers covered under the PSMB Act 2001 to retrain and upgrade the skills of their local employees, apprentices and trainees in keeping up with the fast-evolving global business landscape while meeting their individual company’s aspirations.

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Most recently, with 19 new sub-sectors that have been added to the PSMB Act (in addition to the 44 sub-sectors), HRDF has assumed a greater responsibility to reach out to the corporates; educating and motivating them to seek the benefits and value of HRDF programmes and initiatives.

 

-Credit to HRDF Malaysia