http://swrc.ontoware.org/ontology#Misc Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) and its implications for the professional development of ESL teachers en Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) ESL teachers Implications Ooi Li Hsien Certification Enculturation of Lifelong Learning Plan 2011-2015 aims to increase the number of lifelong learners in Malaysia by up to 22.6 million in 2020 or 65.9% of the total population (Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, 2011) Promote lifelong learning through ODL, the MOHE and MQA initiated APEL as an alternative entry route to gain formal qualification. APEL allows learners to leverage on their working experience to enrol into institutions of higher learning to pursue a formal qualification. Only selected HEI have been granted approval by MQA to be APEL Assessment Centres: WOU, OUM, UUM Electronic Paper presented at the PELLTA 9th International Englsh Language Teaching Conference (17 April 2019, Penang) Wawasan Open University