Open AccessEmployability among the B40 Group Graduates from Malaysian Higher Learning Institutions
Author(s) -
Kalaimagal Ramakrishnan,
Norizan Mohd Yasin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asia proceedings of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-6638
pISSN - 2663-662X
DOI - 10.31580/apss.v7i2.1881
Subject(s) - employability , excellence , nature versus nurture , quality (philosophy) , higher education , marketing , business , psychology , medical education , management , political science , economic growth , pedagogy , sociology , economics , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , anthropology , law
The study aims to establish the fundamentals of the novel employability among the B40 group Graduates from Malaysian HLIs. The aim is in line with the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Malaysia Plans to nurture quality human capital with good values focusing on B40 group, relevant skills and knowledge to meet industry demand and spur economic growth through greater industry-academia collaboration. The project objectives are to elucidate the ways industry and HLIs collaborate to meet industry demand and spur economic growth, to determine the factors that help to improve the education quality for better students’ outcomes and institutional excellence, to determine the factors that causes issues among B40 graduates, to assess the B40 students’ performance in HLIs and finally to assess the employment demand among the B40 graduates in the job market.