Malaysia’s Experience in Developing a Single Quality Assurance System for TVET

10th Regional Policy Dialogue, Breakout session 1A

Wahid Razzaly, UTHM, Malaysia

Yangon, 14 - 15 November 2019

Questions for Thoughts

✓Q1: How was the HISTORY QA System for TVET in Malaysia?

✓Q2:What OPTIONS have we for TVET QA System in Malaysia?

✓Q3: Why did we choose THIS option?

✓Q4: What EXPERIENCES can we SHARE of this option?

MALAYSIA QA SYSTEM: TWIN-TOWER

EDUCATION TRAINING

MoE MOHR

Q1: How was the HISTORY QA System for TVET in Malaysia?

Ministry of Education

• Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA) Act 2007

• Provide Education and Training

• Focusing on L4 to L8

Ministry of Human Resources

• National Skills Development Act 2006 (NASDA 2006)

• Provide Training

• Focusing L1 to L5

Q2:What OPTIONS have we for TVET QA System in Malaysia?

Q3: Why did we choose THIS option?

Education and Training is a slow moving but thinking creature and changes need special care.

①Option 1: as is now, financial is the main issue.

②Option 2: transformation

③Option 3: Political Suicide and Legally takes more time.

OPTION #1 #2 #3

POLITICAL 5 7 3

ECONOMIC 3 5 7

SOCIAL 5 5 3

TECHNOLOGICAL 5 5 5

ENVIRONMENTAL 5 5 5

LEGAL 7 7 3

Q4: What EXPERIENCES can we SHARE of this option?

MAIN PROCESSES

①Review of MQF

②Development of TVET Standard for Single TVET Quality Assurance System

③Development of QA Process for Single TVET Quality Assurance System

Bermula Oktober 2016 sehinggaApril 2017, telah dilaksanakan:• 1 sesi Townhall (Mac 2017)• 2 sesi Lawatan Rintis (Pilot Visit)• 1 sesi Alignment Visit

CONSULTATION

Bermula Mac 2016 sehingga Disember2017, telah dilaksanakan:• 6 Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kerja• 4 Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Teknikal

COORDINATION

Bermula Julai 2016 sehingga April 2017, telah dilaksanakan:• 4 Bengkel Panel Standard TVET• 5 Mesyuarat/Bengkel Penyelarasan

DEVELOPMENT

Bermula April 2017 sehingga Disember 2017, berikut merupakanpelaporan yang telah dibuat:• 4 kepada Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi• 2 kepada Kementerian Sumber Manusia• 1 kepada Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri• 5 kepada Unit Perancang Ekonomi

REPORTING

Cronology

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MajlisAgensi Kelayakan

Malaysia, MQABil.8/2017

- 4 Dis 2017

Majlis Pembangunan Kemahiran

Kebangsaan, JPKBil.4/2017

- 27 Nov 2017

Mesy. JK TeknikalMajlis Modal Insan

EPU - 9 Feb 2018

VALIDATION

MesyuaratMajlis Modal Insan

SINGLE QA SYSTEM FOR TVET

WORKING COM: KPT-MQA-JPK

TEKNIKAL COM: MQA-JPK

PANEL for TVET STANDARD

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Mesyuarat Majlis Ekonomi (EC) Bil 21/2015, 13Okt2015

Panel: UTHM / MTUN, MQA, UiTM, MARA, ADTEC, GMI, BPTV, DSD, IKTBN, SIRIM Bhd, MASC Tech

Single TVET QAS

MAPPING

CONSULTATION

vs.

ASEAN

94%

TOWNHALL

MQA WEBSITE

▪ QA Standard ▪ QA Process▪ Pilot Visits

603 Participants

STANDARDS TVET & QA PROCESS ASEAN REGIONAL TVET QA MODEL

▪ 47 Industries ▪ 73 Policy Makers &

Professional Bodies

▪ 182 IHL Providers▪ 93 Skills Training

Providers

▪ 71 MQA Panel Assessors

▪ 95 External Skills Assessors DSD

▪ 42 Officers MQA & DSD

Universities (11.7%)University Colleges (2.2%)Colleges/Institutes (18.8%)Skills Training Providers (19.7%)Industries Practitioners (3.6%)MQA Panel Assessors (14.8%)External Skills Assessors DSD (15.2%) Policy makers (4.0%)Badan Profesional (1.8%)Officers of MQA & DSD (1.7%)Others (6.5%)

223 feedbacks from Townhall &MQA Website

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STUDENTS

REGULATORY BODIES PROVIDERS

INDUSTRY

• Access to education especially to non-academic inclined students.

• Enjoy richer industrial related skills with active industry involvement.

• Encourage mobility through newly invented pathways.

• Enhance employability skill and career development.

• Development of new standards and process.

• Standardization of QA assessment mechanism.

• Single accreditation and recognition.

• Extensive engagement with HEIs on academic matters .

• Industry-driven, industry-modelled, competent and responsible workforce.

• Improve productivity and exposure to innovative research and knowledge transfer.

• Improved programmedesigns, delivery andassessment systems.

• Highly skilled teaching staff.

• Responsible to retrain theexisting teaching staff.

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IMPLICATIONS

QA PRINCIPLE

TVET STANDARD

TVET QA PROCESS

1) Objectives

2) Governance

3) Processes

1) Programme Development and Delivery

2) Learners Assessment

3) Students Selection and Support System

4) Trainers / Lecturers

5) Resources

6) Programme Management

7) Monitoring, CQI

1) Accreditation Process

2) Application

3) Panels Involved

4) Process of Accreditation

5) Accreditation Outcome

6) Appeal12

OUTPUT: Code of Practice for TVET ProgrammeAccreditation for TVET Programmes under MQA and DSD.

Further Discussion