The recent Malaysia Education & TVET Awards 2025 event held in Kuala Lumpur saw a total of 60 education institutions and professionals recognised for their outstanding leadership and achievements in the industry. The prestigious 4th edition of the awards ceremony was organised by ‘Education + TVET Asia’ Publications. The awards were meant to be from the industry, by the industry and presented to the industry’s outstanding and deserving institutions and businesses.
‘Education + TVET Asia’, an approved publication by Kementerian Dalam Negeri, is a unique publication that features the best in education, training, TVET and service providers to the industry. It covers the industry’s personalities, institutions and trends with highly informative contents.
According to Lee Seng Chee, the Managing Editor of the media, the awards ceremony is organised to honour leading education institutions, best TVET institutions and boutique education service providers in Malaysia. He also said that the event is envisaged to be an annual affair in the region’s education events calendar.
“For this year’s event, the organisers received some 225 nominations from universities, colleges, schools, home schools, training centres, language centres, skills and vocational centres, enrichment and tuition centres, preschools, trainers, instructors and coaches, IT and technology providers. The panel of judges consisting of education and training professionals plus media professionals chose 60 winners.”
The ceremony was officiated by YB Datuk Ts Mustapha Sakmud, Deputy Minister of Higher Education Malaysia.He lauded the efforts of the organisers for bringing together the educational professionals in the country especially those from the TVET sector. He also welcomed more TVET players to further promote TVET education in the country as it is often perceived to be an unattractive option for school leavers. YB Datuk Mustapha said that the TVET education is the key to raising a skilled workforce for country’s stability and economic development.
The awards criteria included leadership, productivity, innovativeness, sustainability, brand excellence, programme excellence, service excellence, product excellence and new start-up excellence.
The award recipients include Giatmara Pasir Gudang (National Excellence Award In Vocational And Skills Training), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (Malaysia’s Best TVET University Award – Transportation Technology), Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (Industry 4.0 Skills Leadership Award), Unimas Business School (Best Business School Award – Sustainable Community Outreach & Lifelong Learning), Management And Science University (MSU) (Asean’s Most Transformative & Impactful TVET University), Politeknik Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (Best TVET Polytechnic Award – Industrial Collaboration), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) (Malaysia’s Best TVET University), TM Future Skills (Social Impact Award – Student & Workforce Empowerment), Institut Kemahiran Mara Alor Setar (Best TVET Institution Award – Technical & Entrepreneurial Education), Institut Latihan Perindustrian Pedas (Best TVET Institution Award – Negeri Sembilan), Raffles American School (Malaysia’s Best International School Award), Carsome Academy (TVET Centre Of Excellence Award – Automotive Technical Education), TNB Integrated Learning Solution (TNB Ilsas) (National Award For Sustainable Talent Development & TVET Innovation, Unitar Intenational Academy (Malaysia’s Best Professional Development Centre Award – Upskilling, Reskilling & Cross-Skilling), and Todak Academy (Centre Of Excellence In Skills Training Award – Animation, Game Development & Robotics Ai).
Among the personality category recipients include Professor Dr Ahmad Hata Bin Rasit (Malaysia’s Outstanding Personality Award – Transformational Leadership In Higher Education), Ts Kamaruzaman Bin Md Ali (Outstanding Personality Award – Visionary TVET Leadership), Sr Dr Zakaria Bin Mohd Yusof (Outstanding Personality Award -National TVET Leadership), Dr Ishak Bin Johari (Outstanding Personality Award – Education & TVET Leadership)
Malaysia Education & TVET Awards 2025 was held in conjunction with ASEAN HR Awards 2025 by HrHub.my.
The event was attended by some 400 professionals comprising Vice Chancellors, owners of universities and colleges, management team members, entrepreneurs and stakeholders of the industry.
