Build something that outlives the competition, whether as a CIAST reference, a national showcase opportunity, an intellectual property pathway, or a teaching method other instructors can learn from.
Winners in every category receive a medal, a certificate of appreciation, and a cash prize. The organiser may announce the cash prize amount, award categories, and additional forms of recognition from time to time.
Selected projects are considered for the CIAST PdP digital bank, the official reference library of teaching materials across the TVET ecosystem. Work that goes in gets shared with TVET institutions nationwide, included in the innovation repository, and may be published as documentation other instructors can use when preparing their own lessons.
Top and selected projects are considered for the MIPAC TVET Innovation Showcase, where standout work can be placed in front of the people shaping TVET in Malaysia. Selected projects may be presented at the institutional, national, or international level.
Projects with potential are considered for intellectual property registration through avenues such as MyIPO, with CIAST handling the application on the participant's behalf. The same pathway opens the door to commercialisation, industry partnership, and wider adoption beyond the institution where the work began.
Standout work is considered for follow-up programs such as Training of Trainers, where the participant teaches the method behind the project to other TVET instructors. Your project stops being just yours and becomes the basis of how others teach.
The act of building a MIPAC project is itself the value. Integrating AI into a real lesson, adapting modern pedagogy, working a digital tool into teaching practice, the competition pushes the participant to do the actual upskilling, not just talk about it.
Key points to check before registration. For everything else, the About page has the full list.
Any TVET instructor in Malaysia serving full-time at their training institution, public or private, permanent or contract, can enter. No age limit. The only exclusions are members of the secretariat, members of the judging panel, and anyone else directly involved in running the judging process.
Register a Project under AI DigiTeach, Short Video Instructor, Future Training Space Ideation, or Immersive Digital Teaching Aid. Each Project focuses on a single skill activity or concept from the NOSS, and it can take the form of a digital module, teaching video, AI-assisted teaching method, or future training-space idea.
Entry is free for the 2026 inaugural edition. You register and submit your project online at no cost. Future editions may carry a fee, so this first year is the one to take part in without paying anything.
Yes. Each Project can be registered individually or as a team of one to three TVET instructors. The account holder manages the registration and adds the team members for that Project.
Yes, and it is right at the heart of this competition. The whole point is creative AI in TVET teaching, so building with AI tools is welcomed.
Two conditions keep it fair. You declare which AI tools you used in your project, and your use of AI must be ethical, transparent, and responsible.
The work must be genuinely your own. Plagiarism and misuse of AI both lead to disqualification.
This is where your work outlives the competition. The strongest projects enter CIAST's national digital teaching bank, take the stage at the MIPAC TVET Innovation Showcase, and earn a permanent place in the public Archive, where the next wave of TVET instructors will find your work and build on it.
Projects with real potential can be put forward for intellectual-property registration through MyIPO. That lasting impact is the whole point, and the Why join section above shows what it looks like.
In return, entering grants CIAST the right to use, display, publish, adapt, and commercialise your project for TVET education and development. The full terms are on the About page.
The first edition has not named its winners yet. This October, teams in every category will earn Gold, Silver, and Bronze recognition. Could be yours. The spaces below are waiting for the instructors and institutions that will define the first MIPAC TVET Hall of Fame.
A national stage for every TVET instructor in Malaysia to showcase digital learning innovation in methodology, pedagogy, and AI-driven teaching. Wherever you teach, this stage is yours.
Create your Participant account now. Project registration becomes available when the next edition is activated and its registration window opens.
