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Student attrition at technical and vocational educational training (TVET) institutions: the case of XCel Technical College in Malaysia

Student attrition is a challenging issue for tertiary education institutions, especially Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions. There are a lot of explanations why students withdraw from college level programmes and the causes may be unique for students who sign up in a cou...

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Main Authors: Had Sabtu, Helminiry, Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah, Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016
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LB Theory and practice of education
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spelling my.uum.repo.213312017-03-09T01:14:52Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/21331/ Student attrition at technical and vocational educational training (TVET) institutions: the case of XCel Technical College in Malaysia Had Sabtu, Helminiry Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal LB Theory and practice of education Student attrition is a challenging issue for tertiary education institutions, especially Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions. There are a lot of explanations why students withdraw from college level programmes and the causes may be unique for students who sign up in a course that suits their interest areas.Small student retention rates reflect negatively on the reputation of the institution and even more, its academic status.This would, in turn, influence institution enrolment, finances, and future plans for development.Thus, this research effort was designed to investigate the influences of students’ withdrawal from these institutions before completion of their studies. As this research took the qualitative approach, data collection was performed through interviews and focus group discussions involving two groups of students (i.e., those who dropped out and those who continued with their studies) from XCel Technical College. The findings showed that the students’ reasons for dropping out from the TVET institutions programme are varied, all which were classified into two categories, namely institutional factors (e.g., training facilities, learning materials, and scheduling) and student characteristics (e.g., parental/family influence and urgency of getting employment).This findings support the results of earlier studies which highlighted that student characteristics, institutional factor, educational and occupational goals and commitments, financial status and other personal factors, are important to their retention in higher education programs (Bafatoom, 2010; Bean, 1980; Braxton, 2005; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1983; Spady, 1970, 1971; Tinto, 1975, 1993). Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/21331/1/ASS%2012%2012%202016%20197%20204.pdf Had Sabtu, Helminiry and Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah and Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal (2016) Student attrition at technical and vocational educational training (TVET) institutions: the case of XCel Technical College in Malaysia. Asian Social Science, 12 (12). pp. 197-204. ISSN 1911-2017 http://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v12n12p197 doi:10.5539/ass.v12n12p197
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Had Sabtu, Helminiry
Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah
Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal
Student attrition at technical and vocational educational training (TVET) institutions: the case of XCel Technical College in Malaysia
description Student attrition is a challenging issue for tertiary education institutions, especially Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions. There are a lot of explanations why students withdraw from college level programmes and the causes may be unique for students who sign up in a course that suits their interest areas.Small student retention rates reflect negatively on the reputation of the institution and even more, its academic status.This would, in turn, influence institution enrolment, finances, and future plans for development.Thus, this research effort was designed to investigate the influences of students’ withdrawal from these institutions before completion of their studies. As this research took the qualitative approach, data collection was performed through interviews and focus group discussions involving two groups of students (i.e., those who dropped out and those who continued with their studies) from XCel Technical College. The findings showed that the students’ reasons for dropping out from the TVET institutions programme are varied, all which were classified into two categories, namely institutional factors (e.g., training facilities, learning materials, and scheduling) and student characteristics (e.g., parental/family influence and urgency of getting employment).This findings support the results of earlier studies which highlighted that student characteristics, institutional factor, educational and occupational goals and commitments, financial status and other personal factors, are important to their retention in higher education programs (Bafatoom, 2010; Bean, 1980; Braxton, 2005; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1983; Spady, 1970, 1971; Tinto, 1975, 1993).
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author Had Sabtu, Helminiry
Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah
Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal
author_facet Had Sabtu, Helminiry
Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah
Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal
author_sort Had Sabtu, Helminiry
title Student attrition at technical and vocational educational training (TVET) institutions: the case of XCel Technical College in Malaysia
title_short Student attrition at technical and vocational educational training (TVET) institutions: the case of XCel Technical College in Malaysia
title_full Student attrition at technical and vocational educational training (TVET) institutions: the case of XCel Technical College in Malaysia
title_fullStr Student attrition at technical and vocational educational training (TVET) institutions: the case of XCel Technical College in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Student attrition at technical and vocational educational training (TVET) institutions: the case of XCel Technical College in Malaysia
title_sort student attrition at technical and vocational educational training (tvet) institutions: the case of xcel technical college in malaysia
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2016
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/21331/1/ASS%2012%2012%202016%20197%20204.pdf
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