Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance has allocated RM1.7 billion for the Malaysia Short-term Employment Programme (MySTEP), with a target of creating 80,000 jobs this year. Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the jobs could be applied online.
MySTEP is a short-term contract employment programme in the public sector and government-linked companies (GLCs), and is managed by the National Economic Implementation and Strategic Coordination Agency under the MoF. Tengku Zafrul said the government managed to secure jobs for 63,221 graduates in 2021, surpassing the target of 50,000, of which 66% were placed in various government ministries and agencies, and 34% in GLCs. “I am confident that the government will be able to repeat last year’s success where achievements exceeded targets.
The Edge
