This issue has been available online since 20^th February 2024. All of the published articles were authored/co-authored by 19 authors from 6 institutions in 3 countries. The institutions include Universitas Negeri Padang (Indonesia), Durham University (United Kingdom), Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (Indonesia),  Yangon Technological University (Myanmar), Department of Research and Innovation (Myanmar) and Politeknik Pelayaran Sumatera Barat (Indonesia).

This issue has been available online since 20^th November 2023. All of the published articles were authored/co-authored by 17 authors from 7 institutions in 6 countries. The institutions include University of Benin (Nigeria), Universitas Negeri Padang (Indonesia), Souphanouvong University (Laos), Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (Malaysia), Universitas Iskandar Muda (Indonesia), Northern Technical University (Iraq), and Western Sydney University (Australia).

This issue has been available online since 30^th August 2023. All of the published articles were authored/co-authored by 24 authors from 8 institutions in 6 countries. Universitas Negeri Padang (Indonesia), Universitas Negeri Semarang (Indonesia), Universitas Negeri Surabaya (Indonesia), University Technology MARA (Malaysia), Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Kazakhstan), Yangon Technological University (Myanmar), Vinh Long University of Technology Education (Vietnam) and National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan).

Chief Editor

Prof. Dr. Nizwardi Jalinus, M. Ed

It is my great pleasure to present to you this special issue containing selected extended papers originally presented at the International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training 2019 (ICTVET 2019), which took place in Padang, October 31, 2019. ICTVET 2019 received 95 papers. Each paper was reviewed by 2 program committee members’ experts in the relevant field ensuring the publication of top-quality contributions. The peer-review process was based on the following criteria: relevance to conference themes, quality of the content, significance for theory or practice, quality of presentation or standard of writing and originality. The final program consists of 76 contributions were presented at the conference. Of those, 16 have been accepted to be included in this issue. I would like to thank all publication committee and reviewers for their hard work and for meeting the deadlines. In most cases there has been enough time for a round or two of revisions, I am confident, therefore, that the published papers have achieved a high standard in terms of both technical content and the quality of presentation.

This special issue includes a study in Technical and vocational education and training area. I hope that all paper appears in this special issue can spark a new idea among educators and provide new gaps among researchers for better education all around the world.