Curriculum Planning in Technical

and Vocational Education

Historical Development of
Technical and Vocational
Education
 Topic Overview TVE Subjects in Malay
Vernacular Schools
Global background
Other Educational
TVE before British Institutions
Colonisation
Technical and
Vocational Education
TVE during British
Trade School
Colonisation
Historical
Development Agriculture School
of TVE TVE after Independence
Extension Education
Development of Vocational School
Secondary School
Comprehensive
Development of Technical Education System
Secondary School
 Global Background of TVE
 TVE plays an important role in developing countries –
industrial sector (construction and production).
 TVE began in France in the 1800s.
 TVE provides skilled and semi-skilled workers to build
the nation through the industrial sector based on:-
1. Agriculture
2. Maritime
3. Earth’s natural resources

National Vocational Training Council (NVTC) under

Ministry of Human Resource is responsible for the
implementation of skill programmes until today.
 Historical development of TVE Before
British Colonisation

 Malay education system focused on religion.

 Pupils had to recite the contents of the Islam
holy book, Al-Quran, under the guidance of
religious teachers in mosques or pondoks.
 Seekout knowledge that is beneficial for
humankind
 Learning was in the Malay medium
 While the curriculum was rural bias
 Education means the preservation of the Malay
cultural values and economic
 Provided practical skills – better farmers and
fishermen
 Available to the elementary level only
 The arrival of British colonialists, religious
educational system was replaced with
vernacular educational system.
 Historical Development of TVE During
British Colonisation

 VernacularMalay Education was introduced in

1786 to 1941.
 TheBritish set about creating an environment for
economic expansion
 The British introduced the educational system to
the State Settlements to ensure people under
their governance received education as shown
in Figure 4.3
• Cooperation between Blundell and the DYMM Temenggong
Johor in 1856
• 2 malay vernacular schools - Gelam and Teluk Belanga,
Singapore
• Local people and religious teachers in Penang & Malacca
strongly rejected the Malay vernacular schools – no Islamic
subject

• The Prai Deputy Magistrate (AM Skinner) built a Malay

vernacular school – included the Islamic Religion as a subject

• In 1913, 189 Malay vernacular schools were built all over the
State Settlements and Federated States.

• In 1938, there were 1169 Malay vernacular schools all over

Malaya.
TVE Subjects in Malay Vernaculars
Schools

Subject in
Malay
Vernacular
Schools