Empowering TVET among priorities of HR Ministry

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 (Bernama) — Empowering Technical and Vocational
Education Training (TVET) by developing a more relevant new policy in
implementing TVET’s agenda in line with industry needs was part of the
Ministry of Human Resources’s plan throughout 2019.

This was
outlined in the Ministry of Human Resource’s 2019 achievement report to
strengthen the various sectors under the ministry led by M. Kula
Segaran, while also committed to championing the rights of workers in
the country.

Touching on issues related to workers including
skills upgrading, TVET education, security, law and others in the
32-page report card, the Ministry of Human Resources is committed
towards improving every aspect in line with fulfilling the promises
contained in the Pakatan Harapan’s manifesto.

With a RM5.9
billion allocation via the 2020 Budget to place TVET in the main stream
in the country, the ministry has begun to take step by establishing the
TVET Single Quality Assurance System to be used by the Malaysian
Qualifications Agency (MQA) and the Department of Skills Development
(JPK) for the purpose of coordinating, monitoring and strengthening the
TVET sector.

According to Kula Segaran, the new system is
responsible for accrediting TVET programmes offered by public and
private TVET institutions based on the Second Edition Of The Malaysia
Qualification Framework (MQF 2.0) which was approved at the MQA Council
Meeting in December 2017.

“The implementation of TVET quality
assurance programme by MQA and JPK will be made based on the TVET
Programme Accreditation Code of Practice approved by the Cabinet Meeting
on Jan 31, 2019,” he said.

In line with the latest trend of
Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 education or 4.0 era education, Kula
Segaran said 35 National Occupational Skills Standards (NOSS) related to
IR 4.0 were developed in 2018.

“To date, there are 42 NOSS
related to IR 4.0 as a result of TVET’s National Master Plan Development
Study towards a developed nation and the direction until 2030 will be
used by policy makers in the process of reforming TVET implementation in
Malaysia,” he said.

The efforts to empower the TVET field did
not stop there when the ministry took the initiative to expand its field
of study by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Private
Secondary School (SUWA) on May 23, 2019 at Kolej Universiti New Era in
Kajang.

“The collaboration between the two entities led to the
ministry’s involvement in allowing SUWA students to attend training
programmes at 32 Department of Human Resource Training Institutes
(ILJTM) and enabling the ministry to consider loan applications or
scholarships to eligible students for further study in TVET programmes,
Vocational Training Officers (VTO) and so on, ”he said.

— BERNAMA