STAFF MEETING FOR 2012

The first staff meeting for 2012 was held yesterday.  There were a few sessions.  The first session for both the lecturers and staff was from 8.30 a.m. until 10.30 a.m.  The director, Puan Hajah Intan Suhana bt Kamarudin gave the briefing. The second session for the teachers which was from 11.00 a.m. until 12.30 a.m. was helmed by the deputy director for academic studies,  Ustaz Mohd Lotpi bin Razali.  During this session a few of the Department Heads briefed the teachers.  The third and final session in the afternoon was conducted by Cikgu Wan Yusaini bin Wan Hassan, the deputy director for academic support.

GIVING THE POLES AND PILLARS A NEW COAT OF PAINT

The drivers, the peons and the lab assistants were entrusted with the task of giving a new coat of paint to the many pillars and poles.  Red and yellow were chosen as they were the signature colours for the vocational college in Malaysia.

BRIEFING AND SIGNING OF LETTERS FOR NEW SALARY SCHEME

On Thursday, 22 December 2011, there was a briefing for the teachers and staff on the new salary scheme.  After the briefing, the teachers and staff were required to sign the offer letters for the new remuneration scheme.

Photos compliments of Puan Khairah Abidin.

LAST DAY OF SPM 2011 EXAMINATIONS

The last batch of students for Sekolah Menengah Seri Manjung finished sitting for their last SPM paper this morning.  The Form 5 students next year will be sitting the exam as students of Kolej Vokasional Seri Manjung.
Look at the happy faces of the students after their paper ended this morning.
To view more pictures, please visit the Kolej Vokasma Facebook or click this LINK.

ARTICLE ON TRANSFORMATION OF VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO COLLEGES

07 November 2011 |
Vocational schools to become colleges
By Eunice Au
euniceau@nst.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: The transformation of vocational education will see 78 vocational schools upgraded to colleges by 2013.

Education Ministry technical and vocational division director Ahmad Tajudin Jab said students who studied Pendidikan Asas Vokasional from Form One to Form Three could continue their studies in vocational colleges, which would allow them to obtain Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia (SKM) certificates and vocational diplomas.

"We want to promote vocational education as the education of choice as the courses will be of high stature.

"This means that students who enter vocational colleges must be good academically," he told the New Straits Times.

The colleges will offer four-year diploma programmes, with 53 courses covering 12 fields: civil engineering technology, electrical and electronic engineering technology, mechanical and manufacturing technology, information and communications technology, hospitality, marine engineering, arts and culture, transportation, health sciences, business, equine science and agro technology.

Besides the SKM III and IV certificates, which students obtain in their third year and fourth year, students will also get industry certifications related to their field of studies.

"For example, students taking a welding course will get a City & Guilds certification, electrical and electronic engineering students will obtain certification from the Energy Commission and those in the aircraft maintenance course will get Cat A and Cat B certification from the Department of Civil Aviation," Tajudin said.

This means that the vocational college certificate and diplomas will be endorsed by many parties. Fifteen schools, one chosen from each state, excluding Putrajaya, will take part in the pilot programme next year.

The schools include Sekolah Menengah Vokasional Arau, Sekolah Menengah Vokasional Alor Setar, Sekolah Menengah Vokasional Seri Manjong and Sekolah Menengah Vokasional Shah Alam.

Academic subjects such as Bahasa Malaysia, English, History, Mathematics, Science, Islamic and Moral Education and a third language, either Mandarin or Arabic, will constitute 30 per cent of the course content with 70 per cent being vocational components.

Grading of subjects would be done according to grade point average and to obtain their diplomas, students had to complete eight semesters successfully, Tajudin said.

"There will be more college-based examinations and competency-based assessments instead of the present centralised examinations."

Students also have to complete a six-month on-the-job training.

Read more: Vocational schools to become colleges - Top News - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/top-news/vocational-schools-to-become-colleges-1.1575#ixzz1fdoA6XPB

LINKS TO RELATED ARTICLES ON TRANSFORMATION TO VOCATIONAL COLLEGES
DPM: Vocational transformation programme to start 2013

Vocational Education Transformation Programme in 2013

INFORMATION ABOUT KOLEJ VOKASIONAL SERI MANJUNG

NAME OF INSTITUTION: KOLEJ VOKASIONAL SERI MANJUNG
ADDRESS: Kolej Vokasional Seri Manjung, 32040 Seri Manjung, Perak (click for location)

DESCRIPTION:

This college was formerly known as Sekolah Menengah Vokasional/Teknik Seri Manjung. It was the only vocational college in the Manjung district. SMVSM a.k.a. VOKASMA was built on 42 acres of rubber estate land under the 5th Malaysia Plan with funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB3). It was established as a vocational school in 1991. From 1996 to 2009, it was upgraded to Sekolah Menengah Teknik Sri Manjung (SMTSM/STESMA). On January 1, 2010 the school changed back to Sekolah Vokasional Seri Manjung and on 1 January 2012, it will be transformed into Kolej Vokasional Seri Manjung or Seri Manjung Vocational College as one of 15 pioneer schools under the KV programme.

Courses offered in Kolej Vokasional Seri Manjung
a) Teknologi Elektrik ( 2012 )
b) Teknologi Elektronik ( 2012 )
c) Telekomunikasi - (pending)
d) Mekatronik - (pending)

Academic Module for Kolej Vokasional Seri Manjung :
a) Bahasa Melayu
b) Bahasa Inggeris
c) Bahasa Perniagaan ( Mandarin/Arab/DLL )
d) Sejarah
e) General Mathematics
f) Sains

g) Pendidikan Islam/Moral

Bidang Kursus SM Vokasional :
a) Pengajian Elektrik dan Elektronik (SPM)
b) Pengaturcaraan Komputer (SPM)
c) Juruteknik Elektrik Rendah (Kemahiran)
d) Elektronik Industri (Kemahiran)

Academic subjects offered for SPM students:

1. Bahasa Melayu
2. Bahasa Inggeris
3. Matematik
4. Sejarah
5. Pendidikan Islam/Pendidikan Moral

CONTACT
Email: svesma@yahoo.com
Phone: 056881608

INSTALLING CCTV

One of the changes that we will see when the school is transformed into a college is the installation of Closed Circuit Television.  So far I have seen two units of the CCTVs being installed, one in front of the office and the other outside the Cooperative near the Form 5 Block.

PREPARATIONS TO CHANGE TO KV

Last week, Puan Hajah Salmah, Puan Latipah and Puan Azreen were busy cleaning and re-organising the Science lab in anticipation of the change from vocational school to vocational college.  With this transformation, we are expecting a lot of changes.