Does a vocational education program prepare competent graduates for further academic programs?

• Main Authors: Forhad, Md. Abdur Rahman, Alam, Gazi Mahabubul, Haque, Afruza, Khan, Md. Sawgat, Rashid, Mamunur
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Publishing 2023
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107386/1/107386.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107386/; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/HESWBL-02-2023-0023/full/html

Purpose: this study examines whether students graduating from SSC-VOC perform better in diploma engineering programs. Design/methodology/approach: this study uses quantitative and qualitative methods to examine how secondary school certificate-vocational (SSC-VOC) graduates perform in their subseque...