Modelling employability based on the ICT certification training program / S.Sarifah Radiah Shariff and Abdul Rahim Abdul Aziz

Improvement of employability among fresh graduates requires initiative and good strategic plan from many parties especially from tertiary public institutions and industries. This study demonstrates the overview of employability trend for tertiary public institutions in Malaysia and the effect of training certifications in increasing the employability rate. Based on the data gathered from web portal of Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), recruitment agency and authorized training provider the graduates’ employability is modelled using Binary Logistic Regression (Binary LR). The sample size of 7,342 graduates from year 2006 to 2016 consist of 10 faculties in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) is used for modelling purpose. Three factors of demographic, education and training factors are found to be significant in improving the employability of the fresh graduates. Hence, it is recommended that other factors such as industrial training, work activities in industry and soft skills should be included in the syllabus, in order to enhance students’ skill and marketability.