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Malaysia's vocational colleges received over 67,000 applications against 19,567 available places, underscoring robust demand for skills training. Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh highlighted the sector's 99.95% employability rate among 2023 graduates.
Malaysia has established a Strategic TVET 2.0 Task Force and 10 specialized committees to overhaul vocational training from 2026 to 2035. Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid says the initiative will strengthen skills development and workforce readiness.
Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail has urged Orang Asli youths to pursue TVET and higher education pathways, emphasizing skills training as a viable alternative to combat the community's education dropout problem.
The Raja of Perlis has underscored TVET's crucial role in developing skilled, innovative human capital capable of meeting future economic demands shaped by AI, automation and digitalisation.
Malaysia's Deputy Higher Education Minister has called on TVET innovation competition participants to secure intellectual property rights for their creations, emphasizing the importance of patent registration in protecting innovations while opening commercialisation pathways.
Malaysia's Higher Education Ministry will repair and upgrade hostel facilities at polytechnics to address accommodation constraints caused by a record 125% surge in student applications for technical and vocational courses.
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid has committed to sponsoring umrah pilgrimages for TVET students who win gold medals at WorldSkills competitions, recognizing excellence in technical vocational education and encouraging participation in international skills competitions.
KFC Malaysia and Yayasan JCorp have successfully graduated 37 skilled workers through their Applied Dual Innovation (ADI) vocational programme, bringing the total to 60 since the initiative's launch in June 2023.
Johor Barisan Nasional chief Onn Hafiz has rejected claims that vocational students were compelled to participate in a BN political event, while emphasising the need for state and federal collaboration.