THE IMPACT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS OFFERED BY POLYTECHNICS ON MALAYSIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE GRADUATE’S JOB PERFORMANCE

摘要

Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is the corner stone of Malaysia’s technologicaludadvancement, in providing skilled and semi skilled workforce for various sectors, having a direct impact on theuddevelopment of economy and the eradication of poverty in the country. The objectives of this study is to: learnudof the caliber of graduates who are capable of carrying out the jobs they are trained and hired for; learn moreudabout the quality of polytechnics TVET programs in light of its historical developmental processes and meetingudthe challenges of time; study the impact of programs in economic development; learn of the best practices of theudsimilar programs of the same caliber in other technological advanced countries of the region; partnershipsudbetween skills development service providers and employers, assessment of the initiatives that can be taken intoudconsideration to improve the employability among people of various skills; suggest measures of improvementudbased on findings while comparisons are made with the selected technologically advanced countries of Asia; andudrecommend improved training programs based on Assessment Research where competent graduates who canudmeet the challenges of the 21st century becomes the target of the programs. The findings of the study and theudcomparison of the similar programs in technologically advanced countries of Asia will provide suggestions forudthe authorities and policy makers to incorporate changes and strategies for the improvement of the TVETudprograms in Malaysia. The immediate contributions of this study will provide Polytechnics the reasons to reviseudand improve the existing programs while reviewing the best practices of the countries of the region. Theudresearch method for the purpose of this study is Assessment Research indicating the process of collecting,udsynthesizing and interpreting information to aid in decision making of the future academic programs ofudPolytechnics that can be also used for planning academic programs and setting up goals, selecting more relevantudinstructional strategies and monitoring students’ progress toward the attainment of the goals.