KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi wants the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) agenda to continue being promoted and recognised within Malaysia’s mainstream education system.
Ahmad Zahid, who is also the National TVET Council Committee chairman, said this will ensure TVET becomes the main choice for education and careers among the people, as in other developed countries like Germany.
“I propose the National TVET Council look into making education and career paths through TVET, which are designed in line with the needs of the workforce, sectors and industries, or new technologies to match the growing IR4.0 (Fourth Industrial Revolution),” he said in a Facebook post today.
This comes after his meeting with the director and leadership of the National TVET Council Secretariat in Putrajaya, which, among other things, discussed measures to continue efforts to promote the TVET agenda in the country.
Ahmad Zahid said that as the ‘central agency’, the Secretariat of the National TVET Council will continue to function in supervising and monitoring the strategic plan for the development of TVET in the country, including creating a one-stop application system for admission to public education centres offering TVET courses and coordinating certification levels, as well as recognising the industry offering TVET.
“I hope the commitment and approach taken by the Unity Government in raising the TVET agenda will be made easier for a more meaningful future for all Malaysians,” he said.
— Bernama
