Effort of Politeknik Malaysia as TVET institute in Attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Through Twelfth Malaysia Plan

Deenesh Kumar Nalathambi; Khairun Satirin Md  Salleh; Siti Hajar Mohd  Noh; Helly Suhaila  Solaiman; Ragunathan  Jayaraman

Authors

Deenesh Kumar Nalathambi Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politeknik Port Dickson, KM 14 Jalan Pantai, 71050 Si Rusa, Port Dickson, Malaysia
Khairun Satirin Md Salleh Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politeknik Port Dickson, KM 14 Jalan Pantai, 71050 Si Rusa, Port Dickson, Malaysia
Siti Hajar Mohd Noh Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politeknik Port Dickson, KM 14 Jalan Pantai, 71050 Si Rusa, Port Dickson, Malaysia
Helly Suhaila Solaiman Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politeknik Port Dickson, KM 14 Jalan Pantai, 71050 Si Rusa, Port Dickson, Malaysia
Ragunathan Jayaraman Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politeknik Port Dickson, KM 14 Jalan Pantai, 71050 Si Rusa, Port Dickson, Malaysia

Keywords:

Sustainable Development Goals, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Politeknik Malaysia, Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0)

Abstract

The introduction and accomplishment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been a top priority in Malaysia. SDGs consists of seventeen goals which offers sustainable and good opportunity to reinvigorate in many sectors. Importance of SDGs is well reflected through the alignment of SDGs in the recent five-year national development plans, The Twelfth Malaysia Plan 2021-2025 (Twelfth Plan). Equipped with three themes, reinforced by four policy enablers and fourteen game changers, Twelfth Plan intents to solve current national issues besides rejuvenating Malaysia socioeconomic especially from the challenging period caused by Covid-19 pandemic. Based on Game Changer X stated in the Policy Enabler 1, this paper aims to focus on the role of Politeknik Malaysia as a TVET institute to be an effective tool in producing skilled human resources that can ultimately drive Malaysia to attain sustainable development. Based on this state of affairs, it was found that there are four common goals which can produce a healthy integration between SDGs, Twelfth Plan and Politeknik Malaysia. Through the integration, Politeknik Malaysia is hoped to update their outline and alter their strategy to demonstrate their significant contribution towards building a successful nation.