8-10 OCTOBER 2018 l MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

2018 CONGRESS FOR THE WORLD FEDERATION OF COLLEGES AND POLYTECHNICS (WFCP):

Access and Equity to TVET, especially for Malaysian

disadvantaged populations

MOHD ISMAIL BIN ABD AZIZDIRECTOR GENERAL

DEPARTMENT OF POLYTECHNIC AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION

CONTENT

BACKGROUND:MALAYSIAPERSPECTIVE

MARGINALIZED GROUP IN MALAYSIA-B40 Groups-Bumiputera – Indigenous population

CONCLUSION

Ethnicgroups:• Bumiputera61.7%(Malays

andindigenouspeoples,includingOrangAsli,Dayak,AnakNegeri);

• Chinese20.8%;• Indian6.2%;• others0.9%;• non-citizens10.4%(2017

est.)

Urban population:76%oftotalpopulation

Malay,21%

Chinese, 22%

Melanau,7%

Iban,33%

Bidayuh,5%

OrangUlu,8%

SARAWAK’SDIVERSEPOPULATION

Malay Chinese Melanau Iban Bidayuh OrangUlu

Malay,5.80%Chinese, 9.20%

Kadazan Dusun,17.70%

Murut,3.20%

Bajau,14.00%

Others,1.70%

Otherindigenous,20.60%

Foreigner,27.80%

SABAH’SDIVERSEPOPULATION

Malay Chinese Kadazan DusunMurut Bajau OthersOtherindigenous Foreigner

POPULATIONOFSARAWAKANDSABAH

ESTABLISHMENTOFTVETINSTITUTIONSINMALAYSIA

1964

2012200119991992

2004200019981986

1983

1969

1968

MALAYSIATVETPROVIDERS

223

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Human

Resource

33Ministry of

Works

6

Ministry of Rural

Development

256Ministry of

Youth & Sports

21

Ministry of Agriculture and

Agro-based Industry

17

Public:556 TVET

InstitutionsPrivate:

692 TVET Institutions

MTUN(4)Polytechnic(36)

CommunityCollege(102)VocationalCollege(81)

Academic pathways

Ministry of Education (Higher Education) TVET institutions TVET institutions belonging to other ministries and agencies

Ministry of Education (Lower Education) TVET institutions

MALAYSIAEDUCATIONPATHWAY

Source: PEMANDU-PADU TVET Lab, July 2014

PROPOSALFORASINGLE JOINTACCREDITATIONBODYFORTVET

36 POLYTECHNIC 92 COMMUNITY COLLEGE

POLYTECHNICSTUDENTENROLMENT2018 ENROLMENTBASEDONETHNICITY

POLYTECHNICENROLMENTBYGENDER2018

NUMBEROFFULLTIMEPOLYTECHNICANDCOMMUNITYCOLLEGESTUDENTSFROMB40GROUP(2017)

34,193

13,185

27,029

12,467

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

POLYTECHNIC COMMUNITYCOLLEGE

REGISTEREDSTUDENTS STUDENTSFROMB40GROUP

Note: B40 refers to the bottom 40% of households with monthly income of RM3,900 and below (source: http://www.theedgem arkets.com)

COMMUNITYCOLLEGESTUDENTENROLMENT2018 ENROLMENTBASEDONETHNICITY

COMMUNITYCOLLEGEENROLMENTBYGENDER2018

99,606

20,921

80,685

15,948

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

POLYTECHNIC COMMUNITYCOLLEGEENROLMENTTOTAL ENROLMENTFROMB40GROUP

ENROLMENTOFPOLYTECHNICANDCOMMUNITYCOLLEGEFROMB40GROUP(2017)

Note: B40 refers to the bottom 40% of households with monthly income of RM3,900 and below (source: http://www.theedgem arkets.com)

CATEGORY

PERSONWITHDISABILITY

YOUTH

SENIORCITIZENS

ORANGASLI

ECONOMICALLYDISADVANTAGED

POLYTECHNIC

227

99,533

0

96

0

COMMUNITYCOLLEGE

237

20,840

1

41

8,736

NUMBERS OF FULL TIME POLYTECHNIC AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS BASED ON CATEGORY

LIFELONGLEARNINGIMPLEMENTATIONPHASE2002TO2012(OUTREACH)

Community outreach

2002 2012Inception

1,000,646participation

Various age groups, ethnicity and

economic or education background

2012 176,050participation

15,893

Participated more than twice

9.03%

A study conducted in 2012, discovered that thecommunity were very confident with the credibility,relevance and quality of the LLL programs conductedin community colleges.

Source: Strengthening of Community Colleges 2013 – 2015

LIFELONGLEARNINGIMPLEMENTATIONPHASE2013TO2017(DEVELOPMENT)

721,311participation

3,128,169participation

2013

201776.9%

AchievementofLLL inMalaysia

Source: Research Planning and Policy Coordination Division, MOE

3 ministries with the highest number of LLL participation 2017

MinistryofHumanResource

MinistryofEducationMalaysia

MinistryofHealthMalaysia

123

67.87%

15.91%

6.08%

MoHE – AsthemaincoordinatorofLLL,hasreceived cooperation fromallministries toensure the implementation oftheLLL issuccessfulandinline withtheaspirationsofthe11thMalaysiaPlanandtheBlueprint onEnculturation ofLifelongLearning forMalaysia2011– 2020.

SeniorCitizen:61,482B40Group:526,411

Youth:609,419SingleMother:37,896Indigenous:6,651Disabled:34,192

NO. OF LLL PARTICIPANTS

LIFELONG LEARNING (LLL) @ COMMUNITY COLLEGE

DataasofMay2018

BeaufortCommunityCollegeorganized“TheLongPasiaCommunityEnhancement&WellnessProgram”tocreateawarenessamongtheLongPasiacommunityofruralSabah.Theywereexposedtotheimportanceofeducation, health,andsocial&economicresponsibility.

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM WITH SEA-GYPSY AND MABUL COMMUNITY IN SABAH.q Known as‘SeaGypsies’duetotheir

nomadic,seafaringwayoflifeq TheymaybefoundinMabul, Bohey

Dulang, Sibuan, Maiga, Mantabuan, Selakan &Omadal IslandinSemporna

Population• Theseagypsiesaretruemastersof

thesea,havingroamedthewatersoftheCoralTrianglebetweenMalaysia,PhilippinesandIndonesiaformanygenerations.

• Eventoday,asizeablepopulationstillliveinwooden houseboats orstilthutsbuiltatopcoralreefsnearSemporna’s islands.

q However,theplightoftheseagypsieshasremainedlargelyunchanged.Theyhavealwaysbeen,andstillare,‘stateless’people.Accordingtothe UnitedNations,therearemorethan10millionstatelesspeople intheworld.

SEMPORNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (BriSK) • Programsconducted forthecommunity includes:i-Effective CommunicationSkills including EnglishLanguage.ii-Environment AwarenessProgramincludingconservation activities.• Programsareimplementedinthe local language toensure participants feelvaluedandmotivated.

• Localsareencouraged tomaketheir naturaldivingskills asasourceofincomeinthetourism sector.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AWARENESS PROGRAM

PRESERVATION OF BIDAYUH TRADITIONAL ACCESSORIES & COSTUMES PROGRAM

• Bidayuh formerlyknownaslanddayak arethethirdlargestethnicgroupinSarawak.InBidayuh language”Bi”meanspeopleand”Dayuh ”meansland.Hence,“Bidayuh ”meansthepeopleoflands”.

• EachBidayuh communityfromaroundKuching,Bau,PadawanandSerianhadtraditionalcostumesthatdifferslightlyfromtheother,especiallyincolour.OneofthecommonaccessoriesamongtheBidayuh communityisknownas“Pagiah”,asetofcolourfulbeadedbraceletandnecklaces.

• InordertopreservelocaltraditionsandtocatertothegrowingdemandforBidayuh traditionalcostumes,SarawakCommunityCollegeshaveconducted thisprogramforlocalBidayuhwomenandthishasledtobetteropportunitiesandfortunesforBidayuhwomentobecomeentrepreneur.

SHORT SKILLS COURSES FOR DISABLED STUDENTS

• Childrenwithdisabilitiesaregiventhesameopportunitiestoeducationasanyablebodiedstudentsandthisinitiativesisinlinewiththeemphasizeonsocietalinclusiveness.

• CommunityCollegesoffersspecialskillstrainingforstudentswithspecialneedstoempowerthemwithameanstobemoreindependentandselfsupporting.

CAKE DECORATION COURSE WITH THE RUNGUS COMMUNITY IN KUDAT, SABAH

PITAS SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROJECTKota Marudu Community College in collaboration with YayasanSejahtera conducted a project to fund local community to upgrade their business, and to assist grocery shop owners in proper accounting methods and sourcing of grocery supplies.

Through the successful implementation of this project, Kota Marudu Community College have been awarded “Best Social Entrepreneurship Project” award at the Ministry of Higher Education Entrepreneurial Awards (MEA) 2016.

SELANGOR WOMEN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME

• Selangor Women Social Entrepreneurship Programme has secured contracts to supply cookies and hampers in the PETRONAS petrol stations and customized orders from several retail stores.

• Within a year of operation, they have made RM85,000 in sales of tarts and cakes.

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME

Innovation product : Silver Catfish Crackers (Keropok Patin)• AquacultureandFoodTechnologyStudentsatJerantut

CommunityCollegearetrainedinskillsandbusinessplanningtopreparethemtobecomeentrepreneurs.

• TheirfishcrackersinnovationproductisbasedonhighqualityfreshwaterfishspeciesbredinspecialcagesinSungaiPahang.

FourJerantut CCstudentswiththeirsilverfishcracker products

FOCUSED PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGE SUBURBAN INDIAN YOUTH

June 2017

PreDiplomainScience(62students)

PreDiplomainCommerce(72students)

December 2017

PreDiplomainScience(102students)

PreDiplomainCommerce(59students)

June 2018

PreDiplomainScience

(97students)

PreDiplomainCommerce(53students)

To work with marginal communities

INTEGRATELOCALKNOWLEDGE/HERITAGE

TVETSKILLSTOENHANCELIFE/PRODUCTIVITY

IMPROVE SOCIALWELLBEING OFTHECOMMUNITY

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