This presentation by Ts. Shahrul Nizam bin Kasim from the Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources for the 12th meeting of the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Policy Network on Education and Skills shows the design of the Malaysian national dual training system. It zooms in on the role of employers in the systems, and highlights challenges faced.

1. NATIONAL DUAL
TRAINING SYSTEM :
FOR NATION BUILDING
APPRENTICESHIP : GIVING EMPLOYERS A KEY ROLE IN
THE DESIGN AND DELIVERY OF TVET

2. CONTENT 01 National Dual Training System (NDTS)
Department of Skills Development (DSD) as custodian
Employers engagement : From Industry to Industry
Employers role : Design & Delivering of TVET
Dual TVET : Recent Trends and Reforms
Government Supports : High Quality Training Delivery
Issue and Challenges
Fact and Figure
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3. NATIONAL DUAL TRAINING SYSTEM (NDTS)
• Dual Training concept in Malaysia coordinated by Department of Skills
Development. Ministry of Human Resources.
• Collaboration between company (industry) and training center.
• Offer certification from Level 1 to Level 5.
• Training curriculum based on National Occupational Skills Standard (NOSS).
• Training duration based on certification level
• Apprentices : School leaver, potential workers and existing workers

4. DEPARTMENT OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT (DSD)
AS CUSTODIAN
DSD
- Accreditation body for Skills
Training in Malaysia
- Enforcement via National Skills
Development Act 2006 (Act 652)
- Establishment of National
Occupational Skills Standards
(NOSS)
- Accredited skills programs
- Issues certificates (Malaysian Skills
Certificate / Malaysian Skills
Diploma)
Company
- Practical (70% - 80%)
- Day release/block release
- Practical skills on real works
environment
- Coach to apprentices ratio is
1 : 5
- Pays training allowance
Apprentice
Training Centre
- Theory (20% - 30%)
- Day release/block release
- Knowledge and basic skills
- Trainer to apprentices ratio
is 1 : 25

5. EMPLOYERS ENGAGEMENT : From industry to industry
Developmentof
NationalOccupational
SkillsStandard(NOSS)
by industrialexpert
Document content
verification
Trainingto industrial
workers/employee/
potentialemployee
Certificationby DSD
Certified
workers/employee
to industries
INDUSTRY/EMPLOYER

6. EMPLOYERS ROLE : Design and Delivering of TVET
WHO
HOW
• Industry design skills standard (NOSS) based on work process and work function
• Training Centre to deliver theory and basic skills.
• Industry deliver practical training based on respective industry operation with reference
to NOSS.
• NOSS stipulate minimum competencies required by industry practices.
• Verification of assessmentby external accessor from industries.
• Implementationis monitored by DSD
WHERE • Workplace / Real work environment
WHY
• To meet industry/employer requirements – relevant & practical –oriented
• Develop strong ties with company
• Improve productivity and efficiency by well trained workers

7. DUAL TVET : Recent Trends & Reforms
Recent
- Conventional Face to face delivery
- Collaboration with other stakeholders
- To tackle medium class of workforce
(traditional/common industries)
Reforms
- Hybrid and Online delivery.
- Collaboration with other
Accredited Body (Malaysian
Qualification System (MQA)) to
form Single System (mobilizationof
workforce)
- To tackle high class of workforce
(high-tech industries)

8. GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS : High QualityTraining Delivery
1 2 3
TaxDeduction
from Inland
Revenue Board of
Malaysia
Reimbursementof
levygrant from
Human Resources
Development
Corporation
(HRDCorp)
Monthly Financial
Incentivesfor
apprentice, company
and training center

9. ISSUE AND CHALLENGES
• Main Issue: Industry participation
• Challenges :
- Less participation from industry
- How to convince industry to participate
- No act/policy to make it mandatory for industry to participate with
SLDN

10. FACT AND FIGURE – 2005 until 2022
Company
3,986
TrainingCentre
1,696
Apprentices
138,952
NOSS
2000
Success Story

11. Thank you