Revealed Knowledge Integration in National Dual Training System (NDTS): Philosophy, Issues, and Challenges

摘要

The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation of National Dual Training System (NDTS) in Malaysian Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) System. The establishment of National Philosophy of Education (NPE) is solid evidence that Malaysia is committed to develop potentials of individuals in a holistic and integrated manner, based on a firm belief in and devotion to God. Individuals who are intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and physically balanced are said to be the ultimate goal of education in this country. In the context of Malaysian TVET System especially in the aspect of skills training system, the official implementation of NDTS started in 2005 has been seen as the most potential system to develop the excellent quality of human capital in this country. The main outcome of this program is to produce Holistic K-Workers who have the integration of Technical Competence, Human and Social Competence, and Learning and Methodological Competence. These Holistic K-Workers are then expected to contribute efficiently towards the transformation of Malaysia to become high income country by 2020. However, some issues and challenges surface in the context of individuals’ potential development which is the development of individual as workforces in economic model and the development of individual as human itself in Islamic model. Therefore, this article aims to examine the current approach used in NDTS and henceforward to evaluate the potential for Revealed Knowledge Integration to be applied into the current approach of NDTS. The study found that even though the concept of Revealed Knowledge Integration is well-known especially by the policy makers and the society of TVET in Malaysia, the aspect of implementation of this kind of spiritual approach is not well-practice enough to fulfil the requirement of holistic development of individuals’ potential as stated in NPE.