HRD Corp rolls out massive procedural overhaul
KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) has tightened training grant approvals, stepped up programme verification and strengthened investment safeguards as part of a sweeping reform to address governance weaknesses and restore stakeholder confidence.
Its chief executive, Datuk Shamir Aziz, said the organisation has introduced stricter application requirements, as well as increased physical and digital checks on training programmes and overhauled procurement procedures following findings in the Auditor General's Report 2024.
Since June, training applications must be submitted at least 14 days before a programme begins, ending retrospective approvals and giving HRD Corp more time to scrutinise documents and ensure compliance.
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