A Comparative Study of Engineering, Medical and Education Students’ Soft Skills Achievement in Malaysian Public Higher Education Institutions

This study aims to compare the soft skills achievement of engineering, medical and education students attending Malaysian public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). A total of 38,296 final year students from the engineering, medical and education faculties were involved in this study. Data on seven soft skills elements – communication, critical thinking and problem solving, leadership, teamwork, moral and professional, life-long learning and information management, and entrepreneurship collected using Malaysian Soft Skills Scale (My3S) were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed significant Nabilah Abdullah Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia sidek Mohd Noah Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Joharry Othman Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia, Malaysia Wan Marzuki Wan Jaafar Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Lihanna borhan Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia Abdul Malek Abdul Karim Universiti Utara Malaysia Abdul Malek Abdul Rahman Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia Hamdan said Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia Jamaludin badusah Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia Mohd Majid Konting Universiti Putra Malaysia E-mail address: Dr Nabilah Abdullah/FPEND17/UiTM@UiTM

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