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Maldives Polytechnic was created by a Presidential Decree under Article 116 of the constitution of the Maldives on April 12, 2010 as the national government institution to develop, manage and provide training facilities for technical and vocational education and training. The institution has evolved over the years since founded in 1975. The following historical facts outline the journey of Maldives Polytechnic,
The leading national centre for excellence in vocational and technical education.
Mission: To create opportunities for school leavers and adult learners to acquire skills, knowledge and values for employability and lifelong learning in a global economy
1. Provide demand driven skills training programs relevant to the industry requirement, and seek industry assistance and collaboration in conducting such training programs
2. Organize and conduct mobile skills training program
3. Offer employability skills and knowledge to job seekers.
4. Facilitate and support employers for the upgrading of their technical and vocational skills
5. Develop technical and vocational training programs to create pathways for higher education and training.
6. Support continuing education for skilled workers through Open Learning and ELearning
7. Provide career guidance and assistance in job placement with support from industry
8. Identify the special trade skills practiced in different localities of the country (e.g. boat building, blacksmithing, lacquer work, weaving and embroidery) and implement programs to promote these trade skills in various parts of the country.
9. Encourage invention and promote innovation in technical and vocational area and disseminate such invention and innovation to the public.
10. Undertake research on technical and vocational education and publish such research
Maldives Polytechnic offers programs, and courses, workshops and seminars that are demand driven and needs based made available through
Sharing knowledge about TVET | Primary focus | ||||
Developing knowledge | Primary focus | ||||
Developing and building capacities | Primary focus | ||||
Teachers | Primary focus | ||||
Researchers | Secondary focus | ||||
Policy makers | Primary focus | ||||
Private sector | Secondary focus | ||||
Greening of TVET institutions and skills | Interested to lead | |||||
Migration | Interested to learn | |||||
OER and Online Learning | Interested to contribute | |||||
Equity of access in TVET | Interested to contribute | |||||
Gender equality in TVET | Interested to learn | |||||
Fostering entrepreneurship | Interested to contribute | |||||
Industry 4.0 / Smart production | Interested to learn | |||||
Capacity development projects | Highly interested | ||||
Policy oriented projects | Highly interested | ||||
Knowledge development | Highly interested | ||||
Workshops and conferences | Highly interested | ||||
Within my cluster | Highly interested | ||||
With Africa | Moderately interested | ||||
With the Arab States | Highly interested | ||||
With Asia and the Pacific | Highly interested | ||||
With Europe, CIS and North America | Moderately interested | ||||
With Latin America and the Caribbean | Not interested | ||||
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