TVET gets RM8 billion and three million training places in Budget 2027
The way to take in more students, says Dr Azmir Mohd Yunus, is to move more of their learning into the workplace…
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What “upskilling” costs and pays: the numbers behind Malaysia’s TVET salaries
"This shows that upskilling and professional certification can open doors to more competitive earnings." Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri R. Ramanan said that in July, after his ministry counted 343,836 technical and vocational education…
The 66-occupation list, decoded: what the Malaysia Critical Occupations List (MyCOL) 2024/2025 names, group by group
The eighth edition of the Malaysia Critical Occupations List (MyCOL), published by TalentCorp, grows from 37 occupations to 66. The previous cycle looked at 3 sectors of the economy. MyCOL 2024/2025 covers 18, and…
Aerospace, chips, and pharma: where TVET graduates fit in three NIMP 2030 sectors
Aerospace, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals come up again and again when people talk about where technical and vocational education and training (TVET) graduates should aim. Electric vehicles usually join the list, too…
“Employed, but in the right job?” What the 98.5% and 98.8% TVET employability rates tell us
Ninety-eight and a half per cent of Malaysia’s 2025 polytechnic graduates were counted as employed. Community colleges came in even higher, at 98.8%. Both are core parts of Malaysia’s technical and vocational education and…
TVET Isn’t a Fallback Anymore, Say Malaysia’s Own Numbers
The National TVET Policy 2030, or Dasar TVET Negara 2030, named the problem outright back in 2024: TVET participation was falling short of government targets because the field was still widely seen as a second…
Inside National TVET Policy 2030 (Dasar TVET Negara 2030’s Fault Lines): Accreditation, Coordination, and the System It’s Trying to Fix
Malaysia’s TVET sector runs on 1,345 institutions: 669 public, 652 private, and 24 under state governments; and, buried in Dasar TVET Negara 2030’s own diagnosis, on two accreditation systems that don’t fully talk to each…
Malaysia’s TVET Funding Model Has a Structural Flaw
Ask any TVET institution in Malaysia how it gets its budget, and the honest answer, according to the government's own policy document, is roughly this: based on what you spent and how many students you…
TVET in Malaysia: A Primer on the 2030 National Policy
Malaysia aims to become a developed nation by prioritizing skills development on workshop floors, not just lecture halls, reflecting the core approach of The National TVET Policy 2030 or Dasar TVET Negara 2030. Why Malaysia…
The Current State of Malaysian TVET: Skills Over Degrees
Nearly 587,000 students were enrolled in Malaysia’s TVET institutions in 2025, a fivefold increase since the establishment of the National TVET Council (MTVET) in 2020, demonstrating the system’s rapid expansion and its significance for stakeholders.…
