Graduates lack critical thinking skills, says CEO


PETALING JAYA: Graduates these days are lacking critical thinking skills, said TalentCorp CEO Johan Mah­­mood Merican (pic).

“To ensure sustainability, people must be well-educated and the components for such a formula aside from thinking are knowledge, leadership and ethics,” Johan told youths at the KDU Pro-Am Debate Challenge on Saturday.

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