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K-Youth Development Programme
K-Youth is a youth employability initiative by Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah) which aims to develop Malaysia’s future talents. The programme will equip youth with commercially useful skills and experience to enhance their employability.
Khazanah remains committed to support the nation’s youth employability, aligned with our Advancing Malaysia strategy and the aspirations of Malaysia MADANI.
FAST-TRACK YOUR TECH CAREER IN JUST MONTHS WHILE EARNING RM2,000* MONTHLY
LEARN
📌 Enrol in one of our globally-recognised tech courses
📌 Acquire professionals skills needed to ace interviews, secure a job and thrive in the workplace
📌 Learn through live online classes and projects led by industry practitioners
PRACTICE
📌 Gain practical on-the-job training with one of our 500+ partner employers
📌 Build a portfolio of projects and strengthen your CV to impress future employers
📌 Seek support from our dedicated team of career coaches
MEET
📌 Join our workshops & interactive sessions to learn from speakers and alumni
📌 Participate in our private career fairs and meet our hiring partner employers
📌 Earn up to 2x as a tech professional vs the average Malaysian salary
CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THESE GLOBALLY-RECOGNISED COURSES
Certified Ethical Hacker
🗓️ 27 June 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 8 August 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 5 September 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 1 October 2024
This is the world’s most advanced certified ethical hacking course that covers 20 of the most current security domains any individual will ever want to know when they are planning to beef-up the information security posture of their organisation. The accredited course provides the advanced hacking tools and techniques used by hackers and information security professionals.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
🔒 Thorough introduction to ethical hacking
🔒 Exposure to threat vectors and countermeasures
🔒 Addresses emerging areas of IoT, cloud, and mobile hacking
🔒 Prepares you to combat Trojans, malware, backdoors, and more
🔒 Enables you to hack using mobile
Requirement:
📚 Diploma or Degree in IT/Computer Science field
Potential Roles:
💼 Cybersecurity Technician
💼 Network Security Administrator
💼 Security Analyst
💼 Network Defense Technician
Earning Potential:
💵 Average Monthly Salary (Junior Position): RM4,002/month
⬆️ 32% > 2 years experience
⬆️ 36% > 5 years experience
Certificate in Telecoms
🗓️ 22 July 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 5 September 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 1 October 2024
Gain an advantage when joining the stable telecommunications industry. This course provides a solid understanding of the industry's historical background, technologies, future direction, and business dynamics.
Participants explore mobile technologies from 2G through to 5G, and emerging technologies, as well as gaining insights into the concept of the Metaverse. The program also covers Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and the top priorities and challenges facing the telecoms industry, including network capacity, connectivity, innovation, and sustainability.
By the end of the course, you will have gained the best possible foundation for successful careers in the telecoms industry in a engineering or tech capacity.
Requirement:
📚 Diploma or Degree in an Engineering or IT/Computer Science field
Potential Roles:
💼 Telecoms Engineer/Technician
💼 Telco Project Engineer
💼 Core Network Engineer
Earning Potential:
💵 Average Monthly Salary (Junior Position): RM3,860/month
⬆️ 32% > 2 years experience
⬆️ 77% > 5 years experience
5G and IoT
Due to overwhelming applications, we're no longer accepting participants for these classes.
🗓️ 22 July 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 5 September 2024 (Class Full)
This integrated course offers an expansive view of 5G and IoT/M2M technologies, their commercial implications, and their roles in modern communication and business strategies.
Participants will understand the operational and strategic aspects of IoT/M2M technologies, including Cellular M2M, eSIM, and 5G's enabling capabilities like NB-IoT and CIoT. Simultaneously, it delves into 5G's transformative potential for telcos and adjacent industries, equipping learners with insights into the technology's flexibility, cost efficiency, and its power to drive new business models and opportunities.
Beneficial for learners looking to establish themselves in the telecoms industry. Providing them with a sound foundation, especially those aiming to specialise in the evolving sectors of 5G and IoT/M2M technology.
Requirement:
📚 Diploma or Degree in an Engineering or IT/Computer Science field
Potential Roles:
💼 5G Radio Engineer
💼 5G Network Architect
💼 IoT System Engineer
Earning Potential:
💵 Average Monthly Salary (Junior Position): RM4,130/month
⬆️ 42% > 2 years experience
⬆️ 31% > 5 years experience
Data Analytics Bootcamp
Due to overwhelming applications, we're no longer accepting participants for these classes.
🗓️ 6 June 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 27 June 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 18 July 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 8 August 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 5 September 2024 (Class Full)
This course will empower learners to use popular data tools like Excel, SQL, and Tableau to perform robust analyses, communicate insights, and complete end-to-end data projects. Ideal for any graduate looking to pursue a data-driven career and for those who deal with data on a daily basis.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
📊 Use Excel, SQL, and Tableau to collect, clean, and analyze large data sets.
📊 Present data-driven insights to key stakeholders using data visualization and dashboards.
📊 Tell compelling stories with your data.
Requirement:
📚 Diploma or Degree in any field
Potential Roles:
💼 Data Analyst
💼 Business Analyst
💼 Marketing Analyst
💼 Research Analyst
💼 Data Engineer
💼 Data Storyteller
Earning Potential:
💵 Average Monthly Salary (Junior Position): RM3,420/month
⬆️ 42% > 2 years experience
⬆️ 86% > 5 years experience
Digital Marketing Bootcamp
Due to overwhelming applications, we're no longer accepting participants for these classes.
🗓️ 6 June 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 18 July 2024(Class Full)
🗓️ 8 August 2024(Class Full)
Build confidence and capability to apply modern marketing strategies on the job, driving growth with comprehensive, multichannel campaigns.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
📢 Design and execute comprehensive marketing plans through channels such as social media, search, email, and paid advertising.
📢 Execute marketing strategy that’s powered by data and customer insight.
📢 Measure and optimize performance for campaign success using Google Analytics.
Requirement:
📚 Diploma or Degree in any field
Potential Roles:
💼 Digital Marketer
💼 Social Media Executive
💼 Account Executive
💼 Performance Marketing
💼 Ad Operations
💼 Content Marketer
Earning Potential:
💵 Average Monthly Salary (Junior Position): RM3,730/month
⬆️ 34% > 2 years experience
⬆️ 74% > 5 years experience
Certified Network Defender
Due to overwhelming applications, we're no longer accepting participants for these classes.
🗓️ 8 August 2024 (Class Full)
This is the world’s most advanced network defense course that covers 14 of the most current network security domains any individuals will ever want to know when they are planning to protect, detect, and respond to the network attacks. The course contains hands-on labs, based on major network security tools and to provide network administrators real world expertise on current network security technologies and operations.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
🔒 Knowledge on how to protect, detect, and respond to network attacks
🔒 Network defense fundamentals
🔒 Application of network security controls, protocols, perimeter appliances, secure IDS, VPN, and firewall configuration
🔒 Intricacies of network traffic signature, analysis, and vulnerability scanning
Requirement:
📚 Diploma or Degree in IT/Computer Science field
Potential Roles:
💼 Cybersecurity Technician
💼 Security Administrator
💼 SOC Analyst
💼 Network Defense Technician
Earning Potential:
💵 Average Monthly Salary (Junior Position): RM4,002/month
⬆️ 32% > 2 years experience
⬆️ 36% > 5 years experience
Product Management Bootcamp
Class start dates:
🗓️ 27 June 2024 (Class Full)
Build confidence and capability to lead teams through the product life cycle and solve customer problems.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
📄 Determine key risks and assumptions of a product in order to prioritize research and discovery work.
📄 Validate hypotheses by gathering user feedback via MVPs, interviews, experiments, and testing.
📄 Execute competitive research to highlight market gaps and trends.
📄 Apply metrics alongside OKRs to measure a product’s success and track its life cycle.
Requirement:
📚 Diploma or Degree in any field
Potential Roles:
💼 Product Specialist
💼 Product Growth
💼 Product Innovation
💼 Product Researcher
💼 Product QA
💼 Product Marketing
Earning Potential:
💵 Average Monthly Salary (Junior Position): RM3,850/month
⬆️ 23% > 2 years experience
⬆️ 75% > 5 years experience
Python Programming Bootcamp
Due to overwhelming applications, we're no longer accepting participants for these classes.
🗓️ 6 June 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 18 July 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 5 September 2024 (Class Full)
Learn the world’s fastest-growing programming language and start leveraging its versatile capabilities to build data or web applications.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
🐍 Understand and apply object-oriented programming fundamentals and code in Python.
🐍 Explore data applications as a special topic.
🐍 Create a custom app that pulls in 3rd-party data or integrates functionality from APIs.
Requirement:
📚 Diploma or Degree in any field
Potential Roles:
💼 Python Developer
💼 Database Engineer
💼 Junior App Developer
💼 Quality Assurance Engineer
💼 Machine Learning Engineer
💼 Research Analyst
Earning Potential:
💵 Average Monthly Salary (Junior Position): RM3,690/month
⬆️ 34% > 2 years experience
⬆️ 98% > 5 years experience
Certified Security Specialist
Due to overwhelming applications, we're no longer accepting participants for these classes.
🗓️ 5 September 2024 (Class Full)
The EC-Council Certified Security Specialist (ECSS) course provides comprehensive foundational training in network security, ethical hacking, and digital forensics, equipping participants with practical skills and knowledge. The course builds a firm foundation in cybersecurity, making it ideal for individuals starting in this field.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
🔒 Gain comprehensive knowledge in securing network infrastructure, including implementing security policies and identifying network threats.
🔒 Develop practical skills in ethical hacking techniques, enabling learners to perform penetration testing and vulnerability assessments to identify security weaknesses.
🔒 Acquire the ability to conduct effective digital forensic investigations, involving analysing and recovering data from digital devices, essential in cybercrime investigations.
Requirement:
📚 Diploma or Degree in IT/Computer Science field
Potential Roles:
💼 IT Support Technician
💼 Cybersecurity Technician
💼 Network Administrators
💼 Information Security Analyst
Earning Potential:
💵 Average Monthly Salary (Junior Position): RM4,550/month
⬆️ 31% > 2 years experience
⬆️ 40% > 5 years experience
User Experience Bootcamp
Due to overwhelming applications, we're no longer accepting participants for these classes.
🗓️ 27 June 2024 (Class Full)
🗓️ 8 August 2024 (Class Full)
Translate user wants and needs into intuitive digital experiences that power revenue, loyalty, and product success.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
✏️ Discover how to identify, ideate, articulate, and develop design solutions for UX challenges.
✏️ Develop and document personas, journey maps, user flows, and annotated wireframes.
✏️ Utilize industry-standard tools to propose and refine design decisions.
Requirement:
📚 Diploma or Degree in any field
Potential Roles:
💼 UX Designer
💼 UX Strategist
💼 UX Researcher
💼 Interaction Designer
💼 Experience Designer
💼 User Journey Builder
Earning Potential:
💵 Average Monthly Salary (Junior Position): RM3,590/month
⬆️ 34% > 2 years experience
⬆️ 98% > 5 years experience
To unlock your potential and join K-Youth, you must be:
Malaysian citizen between 18 - 30 years old.
Diploma or Degree holder from a local or foreign university (not accepting Masters or PhD).
CGPA 2.8 and above only.
Currently unemployed.
Must be able to commit to this programme FULL-TIME for four (4) months.
To succeed in K-Youth and get hired faster, you must be:
Driven and excited about securing a digital or tech career.
You value personal ownership, diversity of opinion and collaboration with others.
Have good interpersonal and communication skills.
2,000+ job-seeking graduates have benefitted from programmes offered by Excelerate and our partner Pilihan Wibawa since 2021.
20,000+ organisations and 700,000+ professionals trust the courses offered by us in partnership with General Assembly, Wray Castle and EC-Council.
Our Talent Partners
What Learners Say About Us
The Career Success Toolkit class and instructor was welcoming and ensured a safe space of discussion.
Soh Annjo | K-Youth 2023
Truthfully, everything is amazing as my instructor clearly share their knowledge and related with industry on how to apply or use the knowledge, tools or software.
Nur Asiah Baihaqi | K-Youth 2023
It provides all the necessary and important information plus skills for job finding and all the teachers are super friendly and responsive as well!!
Leanne Siah | K-Youth 2023
Resourceful. Got support group. Got networking. Good instructor.
Muhamad Nur Firdaus Saharodzi | K-Youth 2023
The programme successfully taught me a new skill in such a short period of time which shows the brilliance of the instructors involved. I came into the programme expecting to upskill my current knowledge and I can confidently say that I have achieve that.
Ahmad Aliff Imran | K-Youth 2023
I find the program engaging and insightful. It is a good way to introduce someone to the tech.
Maxwell Judd Lawrence | K-Youth 2023
Frequently Asked Questions
About The Programme
This youth employability initiative is here to upskill and faciliate job placements for young unemployed Malaysians aged between 18 - 30 into technology roles (e.g., Data Analyst, UX Designer, Digital Marketer, Cybersecurity Technician, Telco Junior Technician, etc.). Excelerate Asia has collaborated with Khazanah Nasional to be part of the K-Youth Development Programme 2024 to provide you the opportunity to upskill yourself and unlock career opportunities in technology roles.
The programme will run for 4 months. It starts with a 5-week digital skills training and a professional skills programme, followed by remaining weeks of On-the-Job Training (OJT) and job placement support.
No, you do not pay anything to enrol in this programme! However, if you drop out from the programme, you are required to reimburse the training fees.
The learning course will be held completely online. Please ensure you have a stable internet connection and have access to a laptop or PC in order to attend the classes and complete the coursework.
Yes! If you successfully pass the course completion requirement, you will receive a certificate of completion after the programme. Thousands of our alumni use their course certificate to demonstrate skills to employers and their LinkedIn network.
We aim to provide you with all the support needed throughout your job searching journey including upskilling, coaching, networking opportunities and connection with talent partners. If you actively seek employment, perform your career commitments set out by our Career Success team, you will see yourself on the right path toward a career goal you set at the start of the programme.
Yes, you will receive a monthly allowance of RM2,000 including government statutory deductions (e.g., EPF, SOCSO, etc.) from our programme implementer Pilihan Wibawa, as long as you fulfil the criteria and milestones required on a weekly basis. Please note, no relocation allowance will be provided.
Course Details
Registrations have started and classes commence 6th June 2024 onwards. Please refer to the individual course descriptions for the exact class start dates.
Do note that Excelerate reserves the right to change class dates or cancel the class before the course start date.
No, you are only eligible to apply for ONE course, and must not have participated in any similar government sponsored programmes (e.g. MySTEP, PENJANA KPT-CAP).
Yes, based on the discretion of our admissions team on suitability to the learners and availability of spot.
If you decide to terminate your contract, you are required to reimbuse back Excelerate according to the terms & conditions stated in the contract.
That's great! We encourage you to secure an internship or a job placement during your five week of class to ensure smoother transition. However, you still have to complete your classes in order to graduate and abide your contract. Let your future employer know of a suitable starting date after you complete the programme. Excelerate will support you to ensure a successful career start.
All our courses will be held virtually (online). You must have access to a computer/laptop and a stable Internet connection. However, our Kuala Lumpur Campus facilities are open to K-Youth 2024 students with limited slots, where you can access our WiFi, projectors, whiteboards, desks, and chairs if needed.
On-Job-Training and Placement Support
OJT is the 12-weeks paid internship section of the programme that provides you with a chance to apply theoretical knowledge gained through your digital and professional skills classes in a real-world work environment. In some cases, OJT can serve as a stepping stone to a full-time job offer (placement) within the same organisation if you perform well and meet the employer's expectations.
Excelerate will match you if you require support in finding your "dream" OJT or company as best as we can. Learners that are able to find their own are encouraged to pursue their own to ensure the best fit and experience for them.
It is highly recommended that you initiate your search for an OJT or placement position within your first week of class, as one of the initial modules will focus on enhancing your CV and profile. It is advisable to dedicate your free time in applying for various roles and attending interviews, as the expectation is for you to commence your OJT by Week 6.
We will support you through upskilling via your digital and professional skills courses, coaching, networking opportunities and connection with talent partners.
In the event that you are unable to secure your own OJT, Excelerate may facilitate the matching process based on the needs and availability of OJT positions. This matching process operates on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you have secured a full-time opportunity (placement), you are permitted to withdraw from the program ahead of schedule subject to approval with supporting documents. Alternatively, you may fulfil the entirety of the OJT and request a later start date to ensure the completion of assigned tasks and maintain a positive professional relationship with the OJT company.
The program duration is limited to 16 weeks, and the provided allowance is specifically allocated for this timeframe. If you are unable to secure a full-time job opportunity (placement) within the 16-weeks period, the allowance will not be extended. Nevertheless, the Career Success team will continue to offer support, including CV reviewing and career coaching, for an additional 60 days beyond the program's end.
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