DATE: March 6-10, 2023 |
VENUE: Oakwood Hotel and Residence, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
ORGANIZERS: Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC) and Department of Polytechnic and Community College Education (DPCCE), Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia |
PARTICIPANTS' PROFILE: The in-country program is designed for College Directors / Deputy College Directors / Assistant College Directors, Administrators, Teachers/instructors / lecturers, and educational persons related to TVET Authority one way or either way. |
There is a mammoth task ahead of skilling and reskilling people to meet the changing needs of the workplace and economies as they manage the transition towards greater use of technology in almost all industries, and the need to steer economies toward higher productivity and job growth. Individuals need to adjust to a new world in which job turnover may be more frequent, they may have to transition to new types of employment, and they are likely to need to continually refresh and update their skills to match the needs of a dynamically changing jobs market.
The demand for new skills has become imperative with the increase in technological advancements. It will be essential for employees to deepen their current skill sets and learn new ones. Policy makers will need to show bold leadership to overcome understandable discomfort among citizens about the perceived threat to their jobs as automation increases in all industries. All stakeholders in the economy - policy makers, educational institutions, companies, will need to make a substantial effort to manage the need for more retraining, job matching, and mobility programs.
However, the good news is that workers have been adapting to different skill sets since the Industrial Revolution and with the provision of relevant training programs, they will be empowered to move into this new era. People will grow when given a chance. It is crucial to look at how training can align with the goals they would like to achieve along with links to job opportunities. Leadership from the TVET sector will be the underpinning of these changes.
Further, TVET is gaining more attention as the education sector evolves and develops more sophistication, starting with the K to 12 program and onto international referencing initiatives and agreements, like the ASEAN Qualifications Framework and other mutual recognition systems. These are creating opportunities to expand TVET capacity and performance, both as an education infrastructure and a human capital development platform. TVET has also found a place in certain subsectors of the labor and employment market.
CPSC has been continuously working with Education Ministries and other decision makers in the TVET sector across the region via their countries liaison officer to identify key issues which need to be addressed to ensure that workforce training and education is placed to meet emerging skill needs and supply of TVET teachers, lecturers and practitioners.
At the end of the course, participants should be able to:
- Determine the future needs of the workforce in the TVET sector
- Understand the challenges in planning the action of producing effective workforce in TVET sector
- Plan the strategies to materialize the needs of TVET workforce, and
- Develop an action plan to prepare the future demand of the workforce in the TVET sector
The presentation and workshop activities are directed towards the formulation of effective workforce planning in the TVET sector via intuition and organization vision, mission statement, and strategic goals and objectives for the benefit of TVET Institutes in Malaysia. At the end of the training session, the participants should be able to develop a plan for future workforce in TVET which will be used as a basis for their future direction.
To achieve the objectives set forth, the following strategies will be employed in a consultative nature:
Presentations and workshop on the following:
Theme Papers
- Theme Paper 1: Challenges faced by TVET institutions in the modern employment landscape
- Theme Paper 2: Addressing the Challenges through Innovative Learning and Assessment Strategies
- Theme Paper 3: Current Workforce Trend in TVET
- Theme Paper 4: Criteria and Strategies to meet the Workforce in TVET
- Theme Paper 5: Sharing of Malaysian Design Planning in TVET Workforce-current practice
- Theme Paper 6: An Overview Workforce Demand and Implementation in Philippines
- Theme Paper 7: Workforce Designing Tools at TESDA, Philippines
Group Work Activities (GWA)
- GWA 1: Preparing Suitable Tools for TVET Workforce Planning
- GWA 2: Developing Workforce Plan
- GWA 3: Preparing Action Plan for Effective Workforce Planning in TVET
- GWA 4: Presentation of the Action Plan
The program involves different learning methods such as:
- Theme paper presentations
- Group Work Activities
- Group Presentations
- Web-Based Teaching and Learning System through On COURSE
- Action Planning
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