With APEL, not only can working adults gain admission into OUM by leveraging your prior experience, you can also get credit award and graduate faster too.
APEL , which stands for Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning, provides a set of systematic approaches to help working adults return to higher education and graduate faster by leveraging their prior learning experiences.
If you are a working adult, you may:
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General Policies
- The APEL (C) provision is applicable to learners registered at any higher education provider (HEP) regardless of their mode of entry, whether through the conventional or APEL (A) route.
- APEL (C)encompasses the assessment of prior experiential learning for the purpose of credit award. Learning acquired through massive open online courses (MOOCs) or any other methods of self-learning may also be considered under this provision.
- All HEPs can implement APEL (C) at their respective institutions ONLY after obtaining MQA approval. HEPs that intend to implement APEL (C) must comply with the prescribed APEL (C) policy.
- APEL (C)is applicable in all areas and levels of qualifications listed in the Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF). For postgraduate levels of study, credit award is limited to the courses in programmes conducted via coursework and mixed modes.
- APEL (C)is confined to courses in programmes that have obtained at least provisional accreditation from the MQA.
- Courses that form part of the programme structure under professional bodies may be considered for APEL (C), subject to acceptance by the relevant professional bodies. HEPs shall be responsible for securing such approval.
Award of Credits
- The award of credits through APEL (C) takes place as credit transfer. This does not involve the transfer of grades. However, credits awarded will be counted towards the total credit requirement for graduation in a specific programme of study.
- The maximum percentage of credit transfer through APEL (C)is 30% of the total graduating credits of a specific programme of study. This percentage is in addition to the credit transfer provision based in the existing formal credit transfer policy.
APEL credits can be applied for OUM courses (subject to APEL (C) guidelines and policies.)