YB Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Launches KDU Youth Empowerment Plan at IOJ Volunteer Appreciation Day

YB Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein Onn (centre) is posing with student-volunteers for JOM BEKPES. Joining are KDU’s VC Prof. Dr. Hiew Pang Leang and Deputy VC Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hon Wei Min. 

We live in a world where good deeds are valued highly and as such, people should take care of each other and lend a helping hand whenever possible. This initiative to reach out to those who really need, is officially shouldered by a glorified Non-Governmental Organisation, Institut Onn Jaafar with its modest patron, Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein Onn. IOJ’s patron, Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin officiated KDU University College’s Youth Empowerment Plan, together with KDU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Hiew Pang Leang and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic Associate Professor Dr Hon Wei Min, at the IOJ Volunteer Appreciation Day held on 18 December at KDU’s Utropolis Glenmarie campus.

As part of their commitment towards IOJ initiatives, KDU also pledged to channel its students taking Corporate Social Responsibility as a subject towards charity programmes organised by the NGO. KDU believes that one of the most vital traits of real world education in parallel with real world needs, is to work with surrounding communities. The institution interacts with a variety of communities and instils in its students the skills required to work with these communities effectively through compulsory subjects, such as Corporate Social Responsibility and Co-Curricular Activities & Community, in its programmes. The commitment is part of KDU’s Youth Empowerment Plan and is in line with the Malaysia Education Blueprint (MEB) to produce all-rounder graduates with outstanding capabilities and interdisciplinary skills.

YB Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein Onn (from left) and Prof. Dr. Hiew Pang Leang exchanging T-shirt of IOJ and KDU. 

“For us here at KDU, we stay true to our ethos of real world education meeting real world needs, and ensuring our students become all-rounders with outstanding capabilities and interdisciplinary skills. This is an ongoing process within KDU, so the empowerment plan is actually not something new to us. However, there are always continuous measures to strengthen this empowerment plan. Therefore, the KDU Youth Empowerment Plan that was launched today is a reflection of that – our continuous effort to ensure our students develop the skills and attributes necessary for them to hit the ground running,” Professor Hiew explained.

Continuing, he said, “The National Education Philosophy’s vision aims to educate graduates to be ethically and morally upright, spiritually grounded, compassionate and caring; appreciates sustainable development and a healthy lifestyle. Our Youth Empowerment Plan is built around the MEB and what it hopes to achieve.” Together, let’s hit the ground running and strive to make this world a better place where good moral values are practised holistically in our everyday life.

YB Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein Onn (from left) and Prof. Dr. Hiew Pang Leang signing MOU of partnership on behalf of IOJ and KDU.