ABSTRACT
Teachers’ competency and skills affect their students’ progress and are an important component of the TVET institution. A competent teacher is form of quality assurance for students’ learning. Malaysia’s TVET education system has not escaped the issue of insufficient competence among teachers in the polytechnics, community colleges, vocational colleges and public skills training institutions. The aim of this review is to synthesize the available evidence in the literature about challenges faced by Malaysian teachers in TVET institutions with regards to their competency. Fourteen articles published between 2009 and 2015 have been appraised. The review reveals that concerns about the competency of Malaysian teachers include: the lack of English language usage in teaching; the need to improve skills in technical, ICT and pedagogy; the absence of TVET teacher job profiles and a competency model; and the need to improve TVET teacher skills and knowledge through training.
