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Challenges in implementing engineering technology education in Malaysia

As Malaysia races against time to achieve Vision 2020 to be a developed nation, there is an urgent need for highly-skilled human resources to fulfill the requirements of the industry. This calls for an expansion of the engineering technology program to increase the number of technical graduates. Ho...

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Main Authors: Ali, Rosmah, Haron, Habibah Norehan, Salim, Kamilah Radin, Abdullah, Morina, Mohamed, Zainai
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2015
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60692/
http://journal.sbm.itb.ac.id/index.php/ajtm/article/view/1407
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spelling my.utm.606922017-08-02T06:03:16Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60692/ Challenges in implementing engineering technology education in Malaysia Ali, Rosmah Haron, Habibah Norehan Salim, Kamilah Radin Abdullah, Morina Mohamed, Zainai TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery As Malaysia races against time to achieve Vision 2020 to be a developed nation, there is an urgent need for highly-skilled human resources to fulfill the requirements of the industry. This calls for an expansion of the engineering technology program to increase the number of technical graduates. However, various challenges are faced by the institutions in the implementation of the Engineering Technology programs, which have significant negative impact on the nation in general and in particular the graduates from the programs. Data was collected from a brainstorming session between six organizations involved in providing engineering technology education in Malaysia and the UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia (UTM) and a convention on Engineering Technology Future in Malaysia. These challenges are categorized into four and discussed in this paper. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Ali, Rosmah and Haron, Habibah Norehan and Salim, Kamilah Radin and Abdullah, Morina and Mohamed, Zainai (2015) Challenges in implementing engineering technology education in Malaysia. In: The 2nd International Conference on Human Capital and Knowledge Management 2015, 11-13 Feb, 2015, Bandung, Indonesia. http://journal.sbm.itb.ac.id/index.php/ajtm/article/view/1407
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Ali, Rosmah
Haron, Habibah Norehan
Salim, Kamilah Radin
Abdullah, Morina
Mohamed, Zainai
Challenges in implementing engineering technology education in Malaysia
description As Malaysia races against time to achieve Vision 2020 to be a developed nation, there is an urgent need for highly-skilled human resources to fulfill the requirements of the industry. This calls for an expansion of the engineering technology program to increase the number of technical graduates. However, various challenges are faced by the institutions in the implementation of the Engineering Technology programs, which have significant negative impact on the nation in general and in particular the graduates from the programs. Data was collected from a brainstorming session between six organizations involved in providing engineering technology education in Malaysia and the UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia (UTM) and a convention on Engineering Technology Future in Malaysia. These challenges are categorized into four and discussed in this paper.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ali, Rosmah
Haron, Habibah Norehan
Salim, Kamilah Radin
Abdullah, Morina
Mohamed, Zainai
author_facet Ali, Rosmah
Haron, Habibah Norehan
Salim, Kamilah Radin
Abdullah, Morina
Mohamed, Zainai
author_sort Ali, Rosmah
title Challenges in implementing engineering technology education in Malaysia
title_short Challenges in implementing engineering technology education in Malaysia
title_full Challenges in implementing engineering technology education in Malaysia
title_fullStr Challenges in implementing engineering technology education in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Challenges in implementing engineering technology education in Malaysia
title_sort challenges in implementing engineering technology education in malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60692/
http://journal.sbm.itb.ac.id/index.php/ajtm/article/view/1407
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