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Do we need a proper monitoring system that bond industry and academia? Preparing for better employability in Malaysia

The marriage between industry and academia is globally recognized as beneficial connection for both the parties. The role of university is more projected towards producing right human capital as per the demands of the industry. Whereas, this process is complete only with input of industry related to...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Saleh Ba Qutayan, Shadiya, Bizanjo, Mah Gul, Abdul Raof, Nurul Alya, Abdul Kadir, Zarina
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Published: Asian and African Research Centre 2018
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/82109/
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spelling my.utm.821092019-10-26T06:50:44Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/82109/ Do we need a proper monitoring system that bond industry and academia? Preparing for better employability in Malaysia Mohamed Saleh Ba Qutayan, Shadiya Bizanjo, Mah Gul Abdul Raof, Nurul Alya Abdul Kadir, Zarina H Social Sciences (General) The marriage between industry and academia is globally recognized as beneficial connection for both the parties. The role of university is more projected towards producing right human capital as per the demands of the industry. Whereas, this process is complete only with input of industry related to skill development and R&D activities performed by the universities. However, this dependency is prone to raise issues for both the entities if the relationship is not checked and balanced from time to time through a proper monitoring system. This has direct ramifications on unemployment rate in general and youth/graduate unemployment rate in particular. This research identifies the current practices of university-industry relationship in Malaysian perspective and its effects on youth employability in the country. The National Graduate Employability Blueprint Malaysia 2012-2017 is reviewed in the context of determining loopholes in maintaining the desired relationship between industry and academia. The factor of “monitoring the link between industry and academia” is found most glaring lacunae in the consistency of the bondage between the two parties, and hence resulting in high graduate unemployment rate in the country. Moreover, a review framework of Graduate Employability Framework Malaysia 2012-2017 is proposed to minimize the rift of knowledge transfer between industry and academia through an organized monitoring body. The findings from the literature have been found generously supportive to the instalment of a monitoring system on permanent basis. This measure is seemed most effective in reducing the rising youth unemployment rate in Malaysia. Asian and African Research Centre 2018 Article PeerReviewed Mohamed Saleh Ba Qutayan, Shadiya and Bizanjo, Mah Gul and Abdul Raof, Nurul Alya and Abdul Kadir, Zarina (2018) Do we need a proper monitoring system that bond industry and academia? Preparing for better employability in Malaysia. Journal of Asian and African Social Science and Humanities, 4 (3). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2413-2748 https://www.aarcentre.com/index.php/aarcentre/article/view/142
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Mohamed Saleh Ba Qutayan, Shadiya
Bizanjo, Mah Gul
Abdul Raof, Nurul Alya
Abdul Kadir, Zarina
Do we need a proper monitoring system that bond industry and academia? Preparing for better employability in Malaysia
description The marriage between industry and academia is globally recognized as beneficial connection for both the parties. The role of university is more projected towards producing right human capital as per the demands of the industry. Whereas, this process is complete only with input of industry related to skill development and R&D activities performed by the universities. However, this dependency is prone to raise issues for both the entities if the relationship is not checked and balanced from time to time through a proper monitoring system. This has direct ramifications on unemployment rate in general and youth/graduate unemployment rate in particular. This research identifies the current practices of university-industry relationship in Malaysian perspective and its effects on youth employability in the country. The National Graduate Employability Blueprint Malaysia 2012-2017 is reviewed in the context of determining loopholes in maintaining the desired relationship between industry and academia. The factor of “monitoring the link between industry and academia” is found most glaring lacunae in the consistency of the bondage between the two parties, and hence resulting in high graduate unemployment rate in the country. Moreover, a review framework of Graduate Employability Framework Malaysia 2012-2017 is proposed to minimize the rift of knowledge transfer between industry and academia through an organized monitoring body. The findings from the literature have been found generously supportive to the instalment of a monitoring system on permanent basis. This measure is seemed most effective in reducing the rising youth unemployment rate in Malaysia.
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author Mohamed Saleh Ba Qutayan, Shadiya
Bizanjo, Mah Gul
Abdul Raof, Nurul Alya
Abdul Kadir, Zarina
author_facet Mohamed Saleh Ba Qutayan, Shadiya
Bizanjo, Mah Gul
Abdul Raof, Nurul Alya
Abdul Kadir, Zarina
author_sort Mohamed Saleh Ba Qutayan, Shadiya
title Do we need a proper monitoring system that bond industry and academia? Preparing for better employability in Malaysia
title_short Do we need a proper monitoring system that bond industry and academia? Preparing for better employability in Malaysia
title_full Do we need a proper monitoring system that bond industry and academia? Preparing for better employability in Malaysia
title_fullStr Do we need a proper monitoring system that bond industry and academia? Preparing for better employability in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Do we need a proper monitoring system that bond industry and academia? Preparing for better employability in Malaysia
title_sort do we need a proper monitoring system that bond industry and academia? preparing for better employability in malaysia
publisher Asian and African Research Centre
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/82109/
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