Skills Training and Vocational Education in Malaysia

Mustapha, Ramlee

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-4427-4_9

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“…Here in Malaysia, even though a number of initiatives have been implemented by the government to reduce the skills gap, the negative perception of the public towards vocational education and skills training continues. Plans to lessen the skills gap include short-term strategies such as innovative training models and medium-and long-term strategies such as significant rethinking of collaborative partnerships between training organisations and industry to provide more flexible workplace delivery (Mustapha, 2017). The rapid evolution of information and communication technology (ICT) has changed the face of TVET, especially when ICT was combined with adequate pedagogical foundations.…”

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Knowledge Construction Process in Open Learning System among Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Practitioners

Hashim¹,

Utami

Rahman

et al. 2019

JTET

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Knowledge Construction Process in Open Learning System among Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Practitioners

Hashim¹,

Utami

Rahman

et al. 2019

JTET

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“…A successful collaboration will depend largely on the strategic and tactical approaches made by the employers and training providers as one of the parties or collaborators (Dawson & Osborne, 2019). Similarly, research was done by Mustapha (2017), Gessler (2017 and Ashari, Rasul & Azman (2016) subsequently points to the same issues regarding the apprenticeship challenges including close collaboration between employers and training providers.…”

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Malaysian Apprenticeship Implementation: Issues and Challenges Towards Effective Employers Engagement

Kaprawi

Rasi

Spöttl

et al. 2021

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While the jobs recovery is underway in many countries, persistently high rates of youth unemployment remain a significant labour market challenge. In response, there has been increasing interest in apprenticeships both as a route into employment and also in raising the skill levels of the workforce. Apprenticeship is one of the methods to promote young people's employment. It is historically prevalent and successful in Europe and is emulated in other countries around the world to promote employment especially amongst youth. Apprenticeships and other work-based training opportunities are valuable training pathways for improving the transition from school-to-work. At the local level, apprenticeship programmes can contribute to regional development objectives and provide local employers with the skilled workforce they require to remain competitive and create jobs. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the currents issues and challenges faced by Malaysian industrial employers in employer engagement of apprenticeship programmes through action research and descriptive studies. This action-based research as a methodology is to gather the responses of Malaysian local companies’ experiences in the manufacturing sector, across Multinational Companies (MNC), Government-Linked Corporations (GLC) and Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SME) and identify the key issues and solutions that could create a beneficial prospect for TVET graduates and participating companies. Both descriptive quantitative and qualitative data from the survey questionnaires and interviews, respectively, were employed. 71 companies involved in the online survey and 6 manufacturing companies participated in the interviews and discussions as well as brainstorming. From the perspective ofindustries, this study found that the main key issues and challenges are: scarcity of competent industries instructors and coaches; provision of CPD; availability of apprenticeship bridging programs; teaching capacity; skills to deliver high quality employer focused apprenticeship; and industries and training providers collaboration. These six main issues are fundamentally systemic and highly intertwined in nature and will have to be resolved by all the stakeholders based on an agreeable working framework of apprenticeship in Malaysia. The findings of this study could provide policy makers and social partners with specific learnings to remove barriers to engaging employers in apprenticeship programmes, broaden access to training opportunities and improve the economic development and labour market performance of local areas.

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“…Pedagogically, communication and collaborating and collaborative skills would assume greater prominence, together with digital and data literacy. There should be opportunities for more individualized modes of learning to suit individual students' needs (Mustapha, 2017). The use of blended learning between traditional instruction and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and deeper learning through more use of practice-oriented learning or learning-by-doing should be prioritised.…”

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The worldwide expansion of globalization contributes to the dominant status of the English language and furthers the expansion of linguistic imperialism. Underpinned by the concept of globalization, this study situates in the context of online English private tutoring (EPT) and aims to explore the image of the English language and examine what it reflects in society and education. Data were collected from learners' testimonials presented on the website of one famous online EPT company based in Taiwan. Content Analysis was adopted to analyse learners' stated learning goals in their testimonials. The findings indicate the English language is understood as a form of social capital, allowing access to better career development, higher education and the realization of dreams. Implications of the English language as social capital in society, education and the global were discussed.

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Skills Training and Vocational Education in Malaysia

Cited by 17 publications

References 9 publications

Knowledge Construction Process in Open Learning System among Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Practitioners

Knowledge Construction Process in Open Learning System among Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Practitioners

Malaysian Apprenticeship Implementation: Issues and Challenges Towards Effective Employers Engagement

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