Meeting the market demand of generic skills : an analysis of generic skills acquisition among final year engineering students of KUiTTHO
Generic skills are perceived as the skills of the future. The future is all about the acquisition and manipulation of knowledge which then generates wealth. A high level of generic skills mastery enables this. In order to remain relevant in the Knowledge Based Economy, every prospective employee has...
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2001
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| Summary: | Generic skills are perceived as the skills of the future. The future is all about the
acquisition and manipulation of knowledge which then generates wealth. A high level of
generic skills mastery enables this. In order to remain relevant in the Knowledge Based
Economy, every prospective employee has to inculcate a life long learning culture within
him or herself and again a high acquisition of generic skills enables this. Equipping a
graduate merely with a sound job specific or technical knowledge is perceived as
inadequate due to the fast pace of the Knowledge Based Economy which results in
knowledge or skills becoming obsolete fast.
The fast obsolescence of knowledge poses a challenge to prospective employees
to learn, unlearn and relearn throughout their lives. This generates a view that generic
skills have become more dominant than job specific or technical skills, because a high
acquisition of generic skills enables a high acquisition of technical or job specific skills.
The findings of the research carried out on 150 final year Mechanical, Electrical and
Civil Engineering students (as perceived by the students) of KUiTTHO, reveals that the
generic skills awareness level of the students is low and their generic skills acquisition
level is moderate. Steps have to be taken effectively to generate a high level of generic
skills awareness, acquisition and importance among the students of KUiTTHO,
regardless of programme. |
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