scholarly journals Theoretical Review on The Graduate Attributes and The Readiness for Employability Among Engineering Graduates in The Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Oman

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-139
Author(s):  
Masoud Rashid Al Hinai ◽  
Abul Bashar Bhuiyan ◽  
Nor Azilah Husin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Gulf Countries ◽  
Policy Guideline ◽  
Higher Educational

The Omani higher education system has enlarged noticeably since 1970 both in the number of students and in the infrastructure.  As a result, there has been a big investment to provide quality higher educational institutes capable of providing suitable graduates to fulfill the requirements of the labor. The mean purpose of the higher education system is to provide the nation with the quality education that meets the requirements of the 21st century with graduates having readiness for employability skills and competencies. However, The skills gap between HEIs graduates and industrial requirements in Oman and other regional Gulf countries is seen as one of the most important factors that affect the employment of graduates in the private sector because the graduate readiness for employability did not consider the graduate attributes factors which influence graduate readiness for employability. Therefore, the main objective of the current study is to determine the effects of the graduates’ attributes on the readiness for employability and justified with existing theories in the higher educational institutes in Oman. Specifically, this study intends to determine the influencing factors that contribute to the readiness of Engineering Graduates for Employability in the Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Oman. The study reviews the current literature on the effects of graduates’ attributes on the readiness for employability especially for Omani engineering graduates as the main source of information. The study is designed to determine and analyze graduates’ attributes factors and elements. The literature utilized for this study covers the latest literature (from 2013 to 2019) extracted from Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Scopus. The four main keywords used were ‘higher education’, ‘graduate attributes ‘or ‘readiness for employability, and ‘skills gap and justify with most relevant theories in the particular area’. The study summarized the empirical review on the graduate attributes which analyses the effects of graduate attributes on the graduates’ readiness for employability that will be considered as an empirical study on the graduates of the engineering colleges in Oman. The study explored review findings on the graduate readiness for employability framework from different graduates’ attributes and provisions perspectives. The results of the study will fill the gap in understanding the main graduate attributes factors affecting the attainment of graduates’ readiness for employability skills which has justified with most relevant theories in the particular. The study also recommends a policy guideline for ensuring of readiness of engineering graduates for employability in the HEIs in Oman.

scholarly journals AN EMPIRICAL REVIEW ON THE GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES AND READINESS FOR EMPLOYABILITY AMONG THE ENGINEERING GRADUATES IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (HEIs)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-25
Author(s):  
Masoud Rashid Al Hinai ◽  
Abul Bashar Bhuiyan ◽  
Nor Azilah Husin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Policy Guideline ◽  
The World ◽  
Source Of Information

The graduates’ readiness for employability has become a major issue for HEIs in the world due to growing concern from governments and industries on the quality of the graduates. As thus, this paper intends to determine the most required skills for Engineering graduate’s readiness for employability. Therefore, the main objective of the current study is to determine the skills required for Graduates’ Readiness for Employability for Engineering graduates. Specifically, this study intends to review the most current literature to specify the most required skills for the readiness of Engineering Graduates for Employability in the Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in the world. The study reviews the current literature on graduates’ readiness for employability especially for engineering graduates as the main source of information. The study is designed to analyze and determine the engineering graduates’ readiness for employability required skills. The literature utilized for this study covers the latest literature (from 2014 to 2019) extracted from Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Scopus. The three main keywords used were ‘higher education’, ‘employability skills ‘or ‘readiness for employability skills, and ‘skills gap in the world. The study determines the engineering graduates’ readiness for employability required skills for the HEIs in the world. It analyses the most influential required skills for the graduate readiness for employability that will be considered as an empirical study on the graduates of the engineering colleges in the world. The study conceptualizes graduate readiness for employability requirements from the latest literature and papers. The results of the study will fill the gap in understanding the main required engineering graduates’ readiness for employability skills in the world. This study is intended to determine the most required graduates’ readiness for employability skills for engineering in the HEIs in the world. Besides, it will be used to advise a policy guideline for HEIs and researchers for the understanding of graduates’ readiness for employability skills requirements in the HEIs in the world.  

scholarly journals THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF GENDER, CAREER, MORAL MINDSET ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES AND READINESS FOR EMPLOYABILITY AMONG ENGINEERING COLLEGES GRADUATES IN OMAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-30
Author(s):  
Masoud Rashid Al Hinai ◽  
Abul Bashar Bhuiyan ◽  
Nor Azilah Husin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Graduate Attributes

The Omani higher education system has enlarged noticeably since 1970 both in the number of students and in the infrastructure.  As a result, there has been a wide investment to provide quality higher educational institutes capable of providing suitable graduates to fulfill the requirements of both public and private sectors with a focus on females to assure equal gender educational and career opportunities chances. Therefore, graduates’ readiness for employability has become a major issue for Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Oman due to the growing concern from governments and industries on the quality of the graduates.  Therefore, the main objective of the current study is to develop a conceptual framework for the graduate readiness for employability and incorporates the graduate attributes including human capital attributes, social capital attributes, individual attributes, institution-related attributes, and active learning attributes moderated by gender, career, and moral mindset among Engineering Graduate in Oman. The study uses available sources of existing literature based on the four main keywords ‘higher education’, ‘graduate attributes ‘or ‘readiness for employability, and ‘skills gaps in Oman’. The study also justified by the following theories which are human capital; education and economy development; behavior theory; and motivation theory. The literature utilized for this study covers the latest literature (from 2013 to 2020) extracted from Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Scopus, and other online resources. Based on the summary findings, the study develops a framework that analyses the effects of influential factors on the graduate readiness for employability that will be considered as an empirical study on the graduates of the engineering colleges in Oman. Moreover, the study also concluded that there are moderating effects of gender, moral mindset, and career mindset on the influence factors and the graduate readiness for employability among Omani engineering colleges’ students. The results of the study will fill the gap in understanding the main factors affecting the attainment of graduates’ readiness for employability skills in Oman. The study recommends justifying this conceptual framework by empirical data from the Engineering Graduate in the Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) and draw a policy guideline for ensuring of readiness of engineering graduates for employability in the HEIs in Oman.

scholarly journals Functional characteristics of higher educational institution’s socio-cultural environment under transformation conditions of higher education system in the modern russian society

2019 ◽  
pp. 8-10
Author(s):  
Alina Sergeevna Bolshakova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Functional Characteristics ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Modern Russian

The article is devoted to the questions of socio-cultural environment formation in the modern Russian higher educational institution. In the course of the study, the author analyses theoretical aspects of this social phenomenon, its forming elements and functional characteristics in the course of higher education system’s transformation. Based on the analysis results, the author comes to the conclusion about integration of functions, which allow managing innovations in the educational sphere effectively.

scholarly journals Employability of Graduates in India—Hard Realities

2018 ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Mona Khare
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Indian Higher Education

In the massified Indian higher education sector, the number of graduates seeking jobs is rapidly rising, but they often fall short of employers’ expectations due to poor “employability skills.” There are several distortions in the higher education system that are responsible for youth not being able to obtain and keep employment.

scholarly journals Employability of Graduates in India—Hard Realities

2018 ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Mona Khare
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Indian Higher Education

In the massified Indian higher education sector, the number of graduates seeking jobs is rapidly rising, but they often fall short of employers’ expectations due to poor “employability skills.” There are several distortions in the higher education system that are responsible for youth not being able to obtain and keep employment.

scholarly journals Quality Assurance Concepts of Institutionalization: Some Indicators towards Higher Educational Development Policy in Libya

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 327-331
Author(s):  
Milad EL Harathi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Education System ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Educational Development ◽  
National Development ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
The Political ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Educational

The aim of this paper is to lay down some indicators for establishing new Libyan national development policy in the higher education sector, after the political changes in Libya in 17-2-2011 uprising and demolishing the old mechanism of controlling the higher education system in Libya. Its attempt shall be based on rediscover ways of achieving quality and sustaining it in the Libyan higher education system. This therefore, is the task of this paper. It will examine the concept of quality assurance and apply it to a Libyan University Institute.

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