Paying students a salary

Hybrid learning: Dyson students do not pay fees but receive a full salary to work on real-world projects three days a week and study in the classroom for two days. — 123rf.com

Human capital and talent are central to Malaysia’s economic growth and development. Graduate employability, however, remains a matter of much concern and debate.

According to the latest Higher Education Ministry statistics, higher education institutions produced a whopping 314,700 graduates last year, of whom 147,247 were undergraduate degree holders.