Don’t regard TVET as second-class education, parents advised

Don’t regard TVET as second-class education, parents advised

Human Resources Department Training Institute to get 2,000 Indian youths to attend skills training this year.

Parents have been advised that many developed countries produce highly-skilled manpower through TVET courses rather than regular academic education. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LANGAT:
The perception of parents and even students who consider technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as second-class education needs to be changed, said Manpower Department (JTM) director-general Muhd Khair Razman Mohamed Annuar.

He said many parents and students considered the TVET route to be second class, and inferior in comparison to the regular academic education.

He said such thinking needs to be changed because many developed countries produce highly-skilled manpower through TVET courses rather than regular academic education.

“Hence, both the perception of parents and students about TVET need to be corrected.

“They must be aware that TVET is not at all inferior and is of the same standard as that of other academic fields,” he said.

He was speaking at a meeting to increase Indian youth enrolment at the Kuala Langat Industrial Training Institute here today.

In another development, Razman said Human Resources Minister M Kula Segaran had challenged the Human Resources Department Training Institute (ILJTM) to get 2,000 Indian youths to attend skills training this year.

He said JTM’s approach in attracting Indian students was to introduce short-term courses that would interest them.

Currently, there are 780 Indian students out of the total number of over 15,000 students in 32 TVET institutions under JTM, he added.

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