Development of soft skills among students through extra-curricular activities in residential colleges
Soft skills are deemed important for tertiary students. Unfortunately, most of them focus too much on content causing them not to obtain these skills. Seeing this, the Ministry of Higher Education introduced seven soft skills for undergraduates to possess when they exit university. Among the seven s...
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my.utm.819642019-10-07T04:57:07Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/81964/ Development of soft skills among students through extra-curricular activities in residential colleges Mohd. Sharif, Nurhidayah Abdul Hamid, Siti Aishah L Education (General) Soft skills are deemed important for tertiary students. Unfortunately, most of them focus too much on content causing them not to obtain these skills. Seeing this, the Ministry of Higher Education introduced seven soft skills for undergraduates to possess when they exit university. Among the seven skills, communication, problem solving and teamworking skills are most sought after by employers. Therefore, this study examines the development of the three skills through students’ participation in the extracurricular activities held in residential colleges. The data was collected via survey. Findings suggest that majority of the students see residential colleges’ activities as effective in equipping them with the skills. The study hopes to provide insights for the better production of graduates to meet the workplace needs. Global Academic Excellence 2018 Article PeerReviewed Mohd. Sharif, Nurhidayah and Abdul Hamid, Siti Aishah (2018) Development of soft skills among students through extra-curricular activities in residential colleges. International Journal Of Education, Psychology And Counseling, 3 (17). pp. 85-93. ISSN 0128-164X http://www.ijepc.com/archived.asm |
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Soft skills are deemed important for tertiary students. Unfortunately, most of them focus too much on content causing them not to obtain these skills. Seeing this, the Ministry of Higher Education introduced seven soft skills for undergraduates to possess when they exit university. Among the seven skills, communication, problem solving and teamworking skills are most sought after by employers. Therefore, this study examines the development of the three skills through students’ participation in the extracurricular activities held in residential colleges. The data was collected via survey. Findings suggest that majority of the students see residential colleges’ activities as effective in equipping them with the skills. The study hopes to provide insights for the better production of graduates to meet the workplace needs. |
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