The Education Development Plan of Malaysia (Higher Education) carry the nation's aspiration to empower the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Malaysia. The emphasis on the development of high quality TVET graduates demands teachers and instructors of TVET who are highly knowledgeable and skilled. Thus, the emphasis on the quality of TVET teachers' education training of Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education (FTVE), Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) has become an interesting issue that needs exploration. To evaluate the effectiveness of the education graduates, a quantitative survey research design using the Stuffelbeam evaluation model was carried out. The samples were FTVE graduates that have been placed in secondary schools and vocational colleges all over Malaysia. A total of 111 respondents have answered the questionnaire. The research findings showed that the level of professional knowledge, skills and practice were high. However, parallel to the concept of continuous improvement, the elements that are at the level of moderate will be evaluated for improvement. These research findings were expected to give some information to policy maker in TVET Teachers Training Provider to increase the quality of TVET graduates in UPSI specifically and Malaysia in general in order to uphold the aspiration to become a developed nation by 2020.
Abstract-This study was conducted in order to identify the challenges or problems faced by the lecturers of Skill Training Institutes in Malaysia, especially lecturers of Community College in the engineering field, in integrating technical and employability skills in teaching and learning. The respondents for this study are 197 engineering lecturers of College Community. This study adopted a quantitative research methodology and utilized questionnaire as the instrument of the study. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data of the study. Findings of the study show that for the integration of technical skill, the majority of respondents agreed that "the lack of proper equipment, which are in accordance with the teaching and learning process" is the main challenge or problem in the process of integrating technical skills in the curriculum. While for the integration of employability skills, the majority of respondents agreed that "they do not get a clear understanding on the importance of employability skills" is the main challenge or problem in the process of integrating employability skills in the curriculum. In addition, the majority of respondents showed their strong agreements on the challenges or problems encountered in integrating technical and employability skills in teaching and learning. Mastering the technical and employability skills for the students is indeed vital and it is an important criterion in getting employed. Therefore, every lecturer should play a role in educating students to become excellent human capital, who will develop the economy of a country.
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