Enrolment decission of postgraduate students:motivational and institutional aspects / Azizah Daut, Noor Hanim Rahmat & Normah Ismail

According to Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2015, the nation's success depends on the knowledge, skills and competencies of its human capital. The more people there are in the country with higher education, the higher productivity can be expected. Among the 11 shifts in the education transformation is to have high performing leaders in the country. As such, the government encourages lifelong education among its people and this means more people are encouraged to enroll in postgraduate studies. The objective of this research is to find out the extent of the influence of the factors on the students decision to enroll in postgraduate programs of higher learning public institutions. Specifically, this research will look at the influence of students' motivational factors and institutional characteristics on enrolment decision. In addition to that, this research will also investigate the relationship among socio-demographic factors, motivational factors, and perceived institutional characteristics. This descriptive research attempts to unravel the factors that influence adult learners to pursue post graduate studies. The data will be analyzed quantitatively to enable the researcher to describe the relationship of the factors. Findings of this research will have implications towards understanding postgraduate students' intrinsic and extrinsic motivation decision to enroll in their studies.