Fully Funded - 5,125 TVET places in China for Malaysians

Aug 13, 2026

A Malaysia–China initiative offers 5,125 TVET training placements for Malaysian students through a memorandum of understanding with 220 Chinese companies, including Belia Mahir and China’s technical education industry partners. The programme supports short-, medium- and long-term training, with most tracks focused on automotive fields such as electric and renewable energy vehicles, robotics, IoT and artificial intelligence. Training is fully funded by Chinese industries, while Malaysia provides airfare support and Mandarin preparation.

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# SEKTOR DOKUMENTASI PENDIDIKANBPPDP,Kementerian Pendidikan MalaysiaAras SB-4,Blok E8,Kompleks E,Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan62604 Putrajaya.Tel:03-88846425Faks:03-88846284 TARIKH:31 MEI 2024 (JUMAAT) BERITA HARIAN UTUSAN M'SIA N.STRAITS TIMES THE STAR # FULLY FUNDED 5,125 TVET places in China for Malaysians NT 315I2024 SINAR HARIAN BEJING:A total of 220 Chinese companies are offering 5,125places for Malaysian students toundergo short-,medium-andlong-term technical and voca-tional education and training(TVET). tional Organisation of SkilledWorkers(Belia Mahir)and theTVET industry in China,specif-ically Beifang Automotive Edu-cation Group and Tang(M)In-ternational Education Group,through a memorandum of un-derstanding(MoU)signed hereyesterday. TVET is seen as a game chang-erin boosting the TVET industryin Malaysia. Zahid,who is also NationalTVET Council chairman,saidthere were 500 spots forMalaysian Chinese students,and200 places each for the Indian Deputy Prime Minister DatukSeri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidisaid the offer was the result of acollaboration between the Na- community and the indigenouspeoples of Sabah and Sarawak. .He said most of the trainingplacements were related to theautomotive sector,focusing onelectric vehicles,renewable en-ergy vehicles,robotics,internetof things and artificial intelli-gence. “Short-term training lasts threemonths,medium-term trainingfor six months and long-termtraining ranges from six monthsto three years,"he said at a pressconference after the Malaysia-China International Industry-TVET Education CooperationProgramme and witnessing thesigning of the MoU.Zahid is onan official visit to China fromMay 22 to tomorrow. Beifang Automotive EducationGroup is an automotive educa-tion brand with an independentinstitution in China that providesa research and development cen-tre equipped with practicalteaching equipment,real vehiclecutting,and extensive equip-ment for students to disassembleand assemble vehicles. Tang International EducationGroup offers intelligent teaching and learning services,includingprofessional Chinese language,vocational,continuing and life-long education through informa-tion technology by collaboratingwith experts from various fields. Zahid,who is also rural and re-gional development minister,said students would be fullyfunded and the initiative was apathway to earn good salarieswhen Chinese industries invest-ing in Malaysia hired them. "It is fully funded by the in-dustry in China...while Malaysiaonly provides air tickets and Ma-jlis Amanah Rakyat(Mara)hasalso agreed to fund the airfare. “This training offer has alreadybegun,and we have sent 850Malaysian students,with the re-mainder starting from thismonth until 2025 in stages,"hesaid,adding that funding for theshort-term training alone wasRM30 million. Zahid said that the Malaysia-China Institute also provided ba-sic Mandarin classes to preparestudents. He said these training place-ments were recognised by theMalaysian Qualifications Agency Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and the Department of Skills De-velopment,which have mergedinto single accreditation body forTVET courses. Commenting on the MalaysianEmployers Federation(MEF)sur-vey that found fewer than 40 percent ofthe 262 private companiespolled hired TVET graduates,hesaid it was likely an early studybefore the training offer and theNational TVET Policy werelaunched. "I hope a new study willbe con-ducted by MEF and the Feder-ation of Malaysian Manufactur-ers because their needs are pro-ductive and skilled workers. "Therefore,in the TVET cours-es conducted(by Belia Mahir incollaboration with Beifang andTang),we prepare skilled work-ers,and it will certainly add valueto the productivity of the work-force offered in various TVETfields,"he said.Bernama/

FAQs

How many TVET training placements are offered to Malaysian students in China?

The offer covers 5,125 places provided by 220 Chinese companies.

What training durations are included in the programme?

Short-term training lasts three months, medium-term is six months, and long-term ranges from six months to three years.

Who provides the funding and what support does Malaysia offer?

Chinese industries fully fund the training, while Malaysia provides air tickets; MARA also agrees to fund the airfare.

Aug 13, 2026

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