Technical and vocational education in Malaysia: country report

This paper was presented at Vocational education at a distance: the Asia and the Pacific region workshop (TD/IRD 88.96). This paper presents a brief description of the current status of technical vocational education as it relates to the polytechnics at the post-secondary level and vocational and technical schools at the secondary level. Although the issues facing technical and vocational education in the country are not new, they are nevertheless complex and interconnected and require a comprehensive system-wide planning approach. The Technical and Vocational Education Division (TAVED) of the Ministry of Education has over the years responded to the many challenges facing the system by formulating innovative and forward looking strategies which are needed to ensure that the nation's vision to become industrialised by the year 2020 will be achieved.

This paper was presented at Vocational education at a distance: the Asia and the Pacific region workshop (TD/IRD 88.96). This paper presents a brief description of the current status of technical vocational education as it relates to the polytechnics at the post-secondary level and vocational and technical schools at the secondary level. Although the issues facing technical and vocational education in the country are not new, they are nevertheless complex and interconnected and require a comprehensive system-wide planning approach. The Technical and Vocational Education Division (TAVED) ...  [+] Show more