Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik said the TVET mapping exercise would ensure that the graduates could “hit the workplace running”.
“TVET is the ministry’s key priority as it plays a major role in the development of a highly-skilled workforce and the government will continuously strive to provide education and training that is in line with global industry standards.
“All of this is to ensure that young Malaysians from all walks of life find employment in fulfilling jobs and that they are competitive in the global job market,” he said in his speech at the National Industry Dialogue 2018, Living Skills in the 21st Century: TVET Empowerment, here, today.
Maszlee also said that the government’s goal was to ensure that technical and vocational schools would be at par with other streams so that they were a primary choice amongst students.
He said the TVET committee led by Permatang Pauh Member of Parliament, Nurul Izzah Anwar would conduct research across all six ministries that provide TVET education and training and make recommendations on how to improve Malaysia’s TVET system.
“This includes a review of our current laws in TVET education and training as well as the idea of setting up a TVET Commission,” he added. — Bernama
Comment (2022): Almost 4 years down the road, there has not been much progress on the aspirations of the previous Education Minister, Dr Maszlee Malik as there has been a change of government and Minister of Education since 10 March 2020. Also, with the abrupt resignation of Nurul Izzah who headed the TVET committee not long after her appointment, things have not moved much since then.
It is hoped that there would be truly someone capable that can push forward the TVET agenda again (perhaps after GE15? is it wishful thinking???)
