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Malaysia: National Language Policy and Employability
Author(s) -
Viswanathan Selvaratnam
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-4501
pISSN - 1084-0613
DOI - 10.6017/ihe.2019.96.10776
Subject(s) - employability , private sector , work (physics) , public relations , business , public sector , human capital , productivity , political science , quality (philosophy) , economic growth , management , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , law
Malaysia’s public–private sector university graduates are facing an employment crisis and their employability rates “remain poor and unimproved.” The low graduate employability is primarily due to their poor command of English, weak professional competency, lack of critical communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills, and a lacklustre work attitude. The mismatch between demand and supply of high-quality human capital from local universities is hampering the country’s aspiration to be a developed nation by 2020. Unemployable graduates are absorbed into the highly bloated public service, while private sector companies are recruiting almost exclusively among returnees of top overseas English-medium universities.  

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