The Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education (FTVE) of the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), was formally known as the Faculty of Technical Education (FTE). Our inception began in September 27th, 2000, as the Department of Technical and Vocational Education (DTVE) under the auspices of the Faculty of Engineering Technology, Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (KUiTTHO).
Our
renowned excellences in Teachers Training in Technical and Vocational
Education and Training (TT-TVET) niche areas is traceable back to the
year 1993 when we started as one of the core departments of the
Polytechnics Staff Training Centre (PSTC) that produced qualified
polytechnics lecturers and instructors. PSTC was upgraded and renamed
as Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (KUiTTHO) on May 1998. On
May 27th. 2000, the department was restructured and renamed
as the Department of Technical and Vocational Education (DTVE) under
the auspices of the Faculty of Engineering Technology, KUiTTHO. On May 1st. 2004,
the department was upgraded as the Faculty of Technical Education with
the dissolution of Department of Engineering Technology. The rebranding
of the faculty to the present new name, is endorsed by the Ministry of
Higher Education on June 23rd. 2011, to reflect our
continuous and significant contributions to the rapid changes and
transformation of the Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) Systems,
both locally and abroad.
Today,
FTVE has developed to become the major provider and referral centre of
high quality TT-TVET programmes, researches and consultancies. Since
2002, UNESCO-UNEVOC Bonn entrusted the faculty to carry the role as
UNESCO -UNEVOC Associate Centre and ultimately in 2005, the faculty has
become UNESCO-UNEVOC centre in Malaysia. FTVE does not stand alone in
making reputation to its credentials. Collaborations and networking with
regional and international organizations such as Southeast Asian
Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Vocational and
Technical Education and Training (SEAMEO VOCTECH), Korea Research
Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET), Colombo Plan
Staff College for Technician Education Philippines (CPSC), The National
Centre for Career and Technical Education USA (NCCTE), European Centre
for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and others have
been made as initiatives to upgrade the quality and credibility of
technical and vocational education for the benefit of all.
