A study of the readiness of the Giatmara’s trainees into entrepreneurship in Sarawak / Zalina Mohd. Desa & Arenawati Sehat Haji Omar

GIATMARA come into beginning in 1989 as a government's effort to provide a second chance for the young Bumiputera’s that are left out from the mainstream of education. Through various programs offered, GIATMARA grew to become a prominent skill of training institution that provides the biggest coverage at the grassroots levels which had become a permanent fixture for their needs. Nowadays, the issues of unemployment among the young Bumiputera’s of the trainees of GIATMARA becomes serious although various skills and training been given to them, especially in the entrepreneurship. The results indicated that there are high levels of the readiness in terms of their entrepreneur skills, communications skills and high confidents and initiative to be an entrepreneur among the GIATMARA's trainees into entrepreneurship in Sarawak.