Politeknik Ungku Omar (PUO) continues to strengthen the quality of its Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme when it was accorded the Platinum Award by the Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission (APACC).
PUO director Dr Shamsuri Abdullah said PUO was awarded for this year's TVET quality audit which is the highest recognition at the Asia-Pacific level based on the quality of management and delivery of teaching and learning.
“PUO obtained 100 per cent in the scoring value which is governance and management, teaching and learning, image and sustainability and student support services through seven criteria.
“This success proves that TVET PUO has reached a good benchmark in improving the quality of international standard TVET education,” he said here today.
He added that previously PUO received gold accreditation from APACC which was used as a benchmark for the excellence of TVET institution.
“The challenge faced by PUO is to maintain the recognition received including expanding the offer of undergraduate programmes, improving the facilities and improving the skills of lecturers through retraining in the field of high-level TVET.
“Thus far PUO offers two undergraduate programmes based on work-based learning namely manufacturing engineering technology and civil engineering technology,” he said.
APACC is a regional accreditation and certification body established through the Seoul Declaration 2004, with the Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC) as the lead organisation and aims to provide international accreditation and certification services towards a quality management system of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions.
It consists of 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency