ASEAN Qualification Framework: A Comparison

ASEAN is an Association of South East Asia Nations. It is made up of 11 countries namely, (1) Brunei 🇧🇳 , (2)  Cambodia 🇰🇭 , (3) Indonesia 🇮🇩 , (4) Laos 🇱🇦 , (5) Malaysia 🇲🇾 , (6) Myanmar 🇲🇲 , (7) Philippines 🇵🇭 , (8) Singapore 🇸🇬 , (9) Thailand 🇹🇭 , (10) Timor-Leste 🇹🇱 , and (11) Vietnam 🇻🇳 . Most of the times, these countries are regarded as the Third Countries or better known as Developing Countries.

These countries strive hard to move forward towards building developed nations. One of their most important agenda include improving the area of human capital development. Skillful workforce is one of their priorities towards ensuring the nations to achieve better future for the next generations.

For that matter, each ASEAN country has her own qualification framework as a pivot point for their human capital development. This is especially for preparing the people with the latest technology and temporary social progress.

Hence, the following tables and figures are illustrating on the summary of the qualification contents for each of the ASEAN countries.

1) Brunei 🇧🇳 

Table 1. Brunei Darussalam Qualifications Framework (BDQF).

2) Cambodia 🇰🇭 

Table 2. The Cambodia Qualification Framework (CQF).

3) Indonesia 🇮🇩 

Figure 1. The Indonesian Qualification Framework (IQF).

4) Laos 🇱🇦 

Table 3. Asian Development Bank Support to Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project in Laos.

5) Malaysia 🇲🇾 

Figure 2. Sector-wise breakdown of the Malaysia Qualification Framework (MQF).

6) Myanmar 🇲🇲 

Table 4. Descriptors for certificate levels under the Myanmar National Qualification Framework.

7) Philippines 🇵🇭 

Figure 3. The Philippines Qualification Framework.

8) Singapore 🇸🇬 

Figure 4. The Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) Framework.

9) Thailand 🇹🇭 

Table 5. Levels within the National Qualification Framework of Thailand.

10) Vietnam 🇻🇳 

Table 6. Breakdown of Vietnam National Occupation Skills Levels.

(Credit to ASEAN Triangle Project. Report was prepared by Mr. David Lythe and ILO team. The document is downloadable at http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—asia/—ro-bangkok/—sro-bangkok/documents/publication/wcms_310231.pdf )

Other reference:

ANSSR: Enhancing the Quality and Relevance of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for Current and Future Industry Needs-Phase 1 at http://publications.apec.org/publication-detail.php?pub_id=1543