Skills change lives

AT 25, Shanmuganathan was a self-confessed drifter. With just his Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia qualifications, he was unable to secure a permanent job and kept moving from one odd job to another. His last odd job was tending a food stall at a weekly pasar malam. However now, a year on, he is a changed man, one with a steady job as an automotive technician with Proton Edar. 

The transformation was largely due to Shanmuganathan’s enrolment in Giatmara’s vocational training programme. He was among the first batch of 142 Indian youths allowed into the programme previously reserved for bumiputras only.