About Us
Section 6 (2) (g) of Act 768 states that the MBOT Board of Directors is empowered to establish a council to evaluate the quality assurance of academic programs in the 24 fields of technology under the purview of MBOT. To ensure that academic programs meet the needs of stakeholders, especially industries, in terms of workforce supply, MBOT agreed to establish TTAC on October 13th, 2016 to evaluate the development and deliveries of academic programme from Educational Providers (EP) as well as acts as a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) between Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) - MBOT to comply the requirements of professional programmes and professional qualifications stipulated under the Act 679 - MQA Act 2007 Section 50-55.
| i. | Chairperson; |
| ii. | Representative from the Malaysian Qualifications Agency; | iii. | Representative from the MBOT Board of Directors; | iv. | Representative from related Ministry; | v. | Representative from a learned society; | vi. | Representative from industries; | vii. | Representative from academicians; and | viii. | Any representative to be appointed by the MBOT Board of Directors. |
The main function of TTAC is to evaluate the quality assurance of technology programs developed and offered by Education Providers. TTAC MBOT aims to uplift the respective programs to be a professional programme which provides multiple benefits for graduates. The involvement of industry and professionals from other sectors is expected to bridge the gap between supply and demand in all programmes accredited by MBOT. The other functions of TTAC MBOT are to:
| i. | establish and refine accreditation policies and criteria; |
| ii. | acknowledge the extensive guidelines and processes for accreditation objectives; | iii. | supervise the operational regulations and assign appraisal experts panel; | iv. | accept assessment reports on technology and technical programs and indicate their accreditation evaluations; | v. | take note of any complaints or appeals regarding the accreditation procedure or any proposed changes; | vi. | monitor the development and operation of accreditation in other countries and make recommendations to the BOD MBOT accordingly; | vii. | report on accreditation operations as appropriate and recommend changes to MBOT Board of Directors policies related to accreditation; | viii. | enhance positive developments and excellent practices in Technology and Technical education; | ix. | suggest public statements to the MBOT Board of Directors that are relevant to Technology and Technical education; and | x. | become a Joint Technical Committee with the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) pursuant to section 51 of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency Act 2007 (Act 679) to coordinate the accreditation process for the Technology and Technical programmes. |
Technology and Technical Accreditation Council
A1-3-1 & A1-3-3, Ayer@8
Jalan P8G, Presint 8
62250 Putrajaya
W.P. PUTRAJAYA
Tel : (603) 8800 6211 / 6210 / 6202
Email : ttas@mbot.org.my / registrationttas@mbot.org.my
