Date of Award

1-1-2001

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

Faculty of Business and Economics

Department

-

Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

Education is the pivotal in the creation of knowied.ge manpower to support the new industries, economic activities, and to develop an information rich society. The government has moved to boost the development of knowledge-economy. In order to ride the crest of the LT. wave, the Ministry of Education has responded by implementing wide-ranging reforms in the education system. The rapid expansion of higher education has been fuelled by strong social demand for higher education. Malaysia higher education has been the main avenue for social mobility and social justice, and social restructuring in line with New Economic Policy. The higher education system in Malaysia is very much a state-controlled system. All the public institutions of higher learning are funded and regulated by the state. Higher education u produce gradates with various skills and different professions. The rapid expansion of higher education has results the demand and supply of labor mismatch. The supply of graduates will increase as more and more people demand for higher education. Education systems produce many graduates in the field of Arts than the market demands, whereas there is a serious lack of high-level scientists, managers, engineers, technicians and highly-specialized workers. Graduates with the information, communication and technology knowledge and a high level of thinking skills have better employment opportunities. Measures have to be taken to enhance the potential opportunities for graduates.

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Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, 2001.

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