The Australia Awards South Asia & Mongolia program is seeking technical proposals from Registered Training Organisations in Australia, or Australian tertiary institutions as defined in the Higher Education Support Act, 2003 Table A, B and C, to design and deliver a Short Course Strengthening TVET Practice in the Maldives (Maldives).
Australia Awards – South Asia & Mongolia (the Program) is seeking a cost-effective training program for up to 20 participants. This Short Course will be delivered via blended delivery over six months, commencing in May 2026 and completing no later than October 2026.
Australia’s TVET system offers relevant and transferable experience in competency-based training, industry-led standards, trainer professional development, and the integration of TVET within schools and post-school pathways. Importantly, Australia’s system has grappled with – and continues to address – similar challenges to those listed above, making its lessons highly applicable to the Maldivian context.
The purpose of this initiative is to strengthen the professional capability of Maldivian TVET policy-makers, leaders, teachers, trainers, and relevant education officials to deliver high-quality, industry-aligned, competency-based training that supports national skills development priorities.
Following their completion of this Short Course, participants will be involved in the development of a tailored TVET Teacher Training program for the Maldives. The short course content therefore needs to be tailored to expose participants to best practice Australian TVET training, which could underpin and/or inform a TVET Teacher Training Program for the Maldives. (However, it is not expected that the Short Course itself should include the development of the TVET Teacher Training program for the Maldives.)
This Short Course initiative responds to identified capability gaps by combining in-country contextualisation, virtual engagement, immersive Australian exposure, and post-program mentoring, ensuring learning is practical, applied, and embedded within participants’ institutional responsibilities.
Prior to the course, through the mechanism of an ‘Australian Professional Opportunity (APO)’, participants will work with Subject Matter Experts from an Australian Provider to build a shared understanding of the Maldivian TVET ecosystem, policy settings, and institutional realities to inform evidence-based program design. This will enable the Australian Provider to develop and contextualise a Short Course which is designed to:
Enhance participant capability in competency-based training and assessment, pedagogy, and curriculum design.
Strengthen industry engagement practices within TVET delivery.
Expose participants to Australian approaches to TVET implementation, including VET in schools, digital delivery, and trainer professional development.
Support participants to translate learning into workplace-relevant reforms through structured return-to-work planning and mentoring.
Establish sustainable professional relationships between Maldivian TVET practitioners and Australian counterparts.
Equip participants with knowledge and skills to develop a tailored TVET teacher training program for the Maldives.
