Brunei Launches Skill Competition To Standardize Technical Education

Kuala Belait – The Ministry of Education through the Technical Education Department

continues its efforts to develop and promote the standard of vocational and technical education in the country.

Toward this end, the department is now implementing the Second National Skill Competition. Starting last August, the competition included those conducted by two vocational institutions in the Belait District.

Ten skill fields are being competed, including commercial wiring, welding and automobile technology.

The Jefri Bolkiah Engineering College in Kuala Belait hosts the commercial wiring while the Sultan Bolkiah Vocational School in Seria is hosting automobile technology and welding contests.

The skill competition is aimed at promoting the skills development, vocational values and quality technical among youths and workers. From this competition, Brunei will select the country's representative to the 5th Asean skill competition to be held in Vietnam in October next year. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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