KEMAHIRAN EMPLOYABILITY: PANDANGAN MAJIKAN INDUSTRI TERHADAP GRADUAN IPTA DI MALAYSIA
Kemahiran pekerjaan(employability) merujuk kepada kemahiran bukan teknikal atau kemahiran generik yang sangat diperlukan oleh majikan industri. Kemahiran pekerjaan adalah satu isu penting di negara ini. Graduan yang tidak mempunyai kemahiran pekerjaan kurang digemari oleh majikan dan ia akan memberi kesan kepada graduan untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan selepas mereka tamat pengajian. Di Malaysia, terdapat pelbagai persepsi berkaitan dengan kemahiran pekerjaan di antara graduan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Swasta (IPTS) dan graduan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA). Media sosial serta laporan penyelidikan yang diperoleh daripada kajian yang dijalankan oleh pelbagai pihak yang berkaitan dengan kebolehan graduan IPTA, mendedahkan bahawa graduan IPTA mempunyai kemahiran pekerjaan yang kurang daripada lulusan dari IPTS. Hasil daripada perdebatan dan laporan ini, ia mempunyai sedikit kesan terhadap iklim pasaran graduan IPTA di mana ramai graduan yang lulus dari IPTA amat sukar atau lambat untuk mendapatkan tawaran pekerjaan daripada majikan industri. Majikan industri lebih berminat untuk graduan IPTS, kerana mereka melihat graduan IPTS lebih mahir dalam pelbagai aspek kemahiran pekerjaan berbanding graduan IPTA. Ini telah membawa kepada ramai graduan IPTA yang menganggur, dan ini boleh memberi kesan kepada pembangunan negara. Untuk menangani masalah pengangguran di kalangan graduan, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia telah memperkenalkan beberapa inisiatif yang menekankan keusahawanan dalam kurikulum pembelajaran, memperkuat program TVET dan menerap kemahiran pekerjaan siswa melalui proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran, dan juga aktiviti Ko-
kurikulum.
15 DISEMBER 2019 (AHAD)
DEWAN SENAT, BCSI, UTM JOHOR BAHRU
INDUSTRY EMPLOYERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON IPTA GRADUATES IN MALAYSIA
Employability skills refer to the non-technical skills or generic skills in which are highly demanded by the industrial employers. Employability skills are an important issue in the country. Graduates who do not possess employability skills are less likely to be hired by employers and it will be impacted for graduates to get a job after they graduate. In Malaysia, there are various perceptions related to employability skills regarding Private Institutions of Higher Learning (IPTS) graduate and Public Institutions of Higher Learning (IPTA) graduate. Social media, as well as research reports from studies conducted by various parties related to the ability of IPTA graduates, revealed that IPTA graduates have less employability skills than graduates from IPTS. As a result of these debates and reports, it has a little effect on the IPTA graduates’ market climate where many face difficulties in getting job offers from industry employers. Industry employers are more interested to hire IPTS graduates, as they view IPTS graduates are more skilled in various aspects of employability skills rather than IPTA graduates. This has led to many unemployed IPTA graduates, which will effect to the country’s development. To address the problem of unemployment among graduates, the Ministry of Education Malaysia has introduced a number of initiatives, which include in emphasizing entrepreneurship in the learning curriculum, empowering TVET program and embedded the student’s employability skills through the teaching and learning process, as well as co-curriculum activity.
