Assessment Practices for Competency Based Education and Training in Vocational College, Malaysia

Vocational and Education Training (VET) aimed at providing the labour market with skills in the sub-professional level and no more second-class education. Rebranding vocational school to Vocational College (VC) is a major transformation in vocational education in Malaysia. Among the features that are emphasized in this transition is the method of learning in an environment of Competency Based Education and Training and the change from conventional to authentic assessment. Therefore this study is to identify what forms of assessment being undertaken by vocational teachers in order to meet the demands of CBET and authentic assessment. Three teachers in the field of electrical and electronics engineering were interviewed to identify what practices has been used in the assessment. Since the implementation of VC is very new, findings shown that certain assessment process still in traditional way and need improvement. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.