The Problems of Bilateral Relations between Educational Institutions and Industrial Committee towards Work-based Learning in Malaysia

Abstract

AbstractWork-Based Learning (WBL) is a teaching and learning method which requires students to go through industrial training, where the employers will be responsible for teaching and providing evaluation of the students. However, several problems exist in the area of cooperation between the educational institutions and the industries in Malaysia. Therefore, this study aims to explore the issues concerning the bilateral relations of educational institutions and industrial committee towards the WBL Programme in Malaysia. The findings show the critical bilateral relations brought to unsuccessful of WBL implementation because of no understanding exists between both parties