Abstract—This study was conducted in order to identify the
challenges or problems faced by the lecturers of Skill Training
Institutes in Malaysia, especially lecturers of Community
College in the engineering field, in integrating technical and
employability skills in teaching and learning. The respondents
for this study are 197 engineering lecturers of College
Community. This study adopted a quantitative research
methodology and utilized questionnaire as the instrument of the
study. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, mean and
standard deviation were used to analyze the data of the study.
Findings of the study show that for the integration of technical
skill, the majority of respondents agreed that "the lack of
proper equipment, which are in accordance with the teaching
and learning process" is the main challenge or problem in the
process of integrating technical skills in the curriculum. While
for the integration of employability skills, the majority of
respondents agreed that "they do not get a clear understanding
on the importance of employability skills" is the main challenge
or problem in the process of integrating employability skills in
the curriculum. In addition, the majority of respondents
showed their strong agreements on the challenges or problems
encountered in integrating technical and employability skills in
teaching and learning. Mastering the technical and
employability skills for the students is indeed vital and it is an
important criterion in getting employed. Therefore, every
lecturer should play a role in educating students to become
excellent human capital, who will develop the economy of a
country.
Index Terms—Technical skills, employability skills,
engineering lecturers, quantitative study.
Zaliza Hanapi is with the University of Technology Malaysia (e-mail:
chikiza_12@yahoo.com).
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Cite: Zaliza Hanapi, Mohd Safarin Nordin, and Arasinah Khamis, " Challenges Faced by Engineering Lecturers in Integrating
Technical and Employability Skills in the Curriculum: A
Case Study in Community College, Malaysia," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 483-486, 2015.