This document outlines Malaysia's Entrepreneurship Action Plan for Higher Education Institutions from 2016-2020. The plan aims to develop entrepreneurial skills and attributes in students. It proposes embedding entrepreneurship across curriculums and strengthening learning support systems. Goals include having graduates pursue entrepreneurship as a career and students involved in business during their studies. Data shows an increase in the number and percentage of polytechnic graduates becoming entrepreneurs from 2012-2016. Strategies proposed to achieve the goals include establishing entrepreneurship kiosks and incubators on campuses.

1. MOHAMADALI BIN HAMZAH
DEPARTMENTOF POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION
PUTRAJAYA

2. INTRODUCTION
Entrepreneurship - catalyst for sustainable
economic growth and as a saviour from economic
difficulties.
Mid – 1990 - started to introduce subjects and
courses related to entrepreneurship
MOHE - enhancing the higher education system to
be more inclusive, innovative and entrepreneurial -
job-creators rather than job-seekers.

3. INTRODUCTION cont.

4. INTRODUCTION cont.
Entrepreneurship Action Plan
For Higher Education Institutions
Embedded
entrepreneurship across
the curriculum and fields of
study
GOALS
Develop a holistic and
integrated curriculum
Students get exposure to
culture and entrepreneurial
attributes
STRENGTHENING LEARNING SUPPORT SYSTEM
Implementing a job
creator framework
Improve ecosystems that
support student
entrepreneurship activities
Strengthening the competency
of entrepreneurship
instructors / mentors
GOALS GOALS GOALS
Graduates -
entrepreneurship
as career
Students - involved
with business activities
during their studies
Entrepreneurial
Expertise
STRATEGY A STRATEGY B

5. 4 primary issues concerning the employment of graduates in
Malaysia.
1. Rising unemployment among graduates;
2. A mismatch between the skills of graduates and the
requirements of employers in the organisation;
3. The appropriateness of graduate employment;
4. The shrinkage of employment in the public sector and
growth in the private sector

6. Establish on October 30, 2011
To enhance student marketability and
entrepreneurship
Aim :
 To develop human capital with attribute of thinking
and entrepreneurs values.
 To develop entrepreneurs skill and knowledge
among students in era of world economic
globalization as well as environmental issues.
 To increase number of entrepreneurs among
polytechnic graduates

7. 1969 – Ungku Omar Polytechnic
2017 – 36 Polytechnics across 14 states
2017 – More than 500,000 graduates
TVET Provider – 64% - Polytechnis & Community
College

8. Year
Number
of
Graduate
Studying
Total
Technical
Information
Technology
Social
Science
2012 33,839 68.7% 5.7% 25.6% 100%
2013 31,514 64.8% 9.6% 25.6% 100%
2014 26,460 56.3% 9.3% 34.4% 100%
2015 25,492 58.8% 11.0% 30.1% 100%

9. Year
Number of
Graduate
Number of
Entrepreneurs
Percentage
2012 33,839 303 0.895%
2013 31,514 251 0.796%
2014 26,460 329 1.24%
2015 25,492 517 2.03%

10. No Business Area
2012
N = 303
2013
N = 251
2014
N = 329
2015
N = 517
1. Direct Selling 7.3% 8.4% 9.1% 5.0%
2. Contractor / Engineering 13.2% 12.7% 8.5% 9.5%
3. Online Business - 7.6% 12.2% 15.1%
4.
Graphic / Printing/
Advertisement
6.6% 6.8% 3.3% 5.6%
5. Restaurant 9.6% 13.9% 10.6% 10.4%
6. Food Processing 4.6% 2.8% 7.6% 5.2%
7. Consultant 2.3% 0.8% 1.2% 0.8%
8. Farming and Agriculture 6.3% 2.4% 3% 3.3%
9. Boutique 3.0% 4.4% 2.7% 5.2%
10 Insurance 2.0% 2.0% 2.1% 2.5%
11. Others 45.1% 38.2% 39.7% 37.4%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

11. Key Performance Index (KPI)
No of
Student
Goals Achievement
% of
Achievement
1.
Students actively
involved in
entrepreneurship
programme
99,551
60%
n = 59,731
81,623 82%
2.
Graduate become
entrepreneurs
24,522
2.5%
n = 613
715 2.92%
3.
Students doing business
while studies
99,551
3%
n = 2,987
4292 4.31%

12. NO. OF ENTREPRENEURS FROM 2012 - 2016
303
251
329
517
715
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0.895 0.796
1.24
2.03
2.92
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
%

13. 1. Kiosk and Incubator
- Entrepreneurship kiosks in all campus
- Entrepreneurial Incubators
✓ Specific – e.g. Air Conditioning, Arduino, Fertilizer, Wood Pallet
✓ Mentoring
✓ Funding
✓ Facilities
✓ Training
✓ Collaboration with industries
✓ Generate income

14. 2. National Blue Ocean Strategies (NBOS)
- applying the Blue Ocean Strategy principles of high impact, low cost and
rapid execution through National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS).
- Collaboration with other Ministry & Agencies
➢ Entrepreneurial Advisor – Director &Top management
➢ Training
➢ Funding
➢ Internship

15. 3. Disclosure to the real market
- Event held in & outside campus
- collaborative networks with various parties,
- Confidence to face of real market and ;
- Self-confidence to market their sales products
- DPE & Polytechnics strongly encouraged

16.  The culture of teaching and learning in Malaysia Polytechnics need to be
changed and transformed in order to produce the quality of human capital,
excellent knowledge and skills that can generate socio-economic improvement
and community with a high income.
 The students of polytechnics have to increase their confident so that they can
build up their enterprising skills in which is the most important parts of an
entrepreneurship and become successful entrepreneurs.
 Polytechnics and other higher education institutions should be ideally placed
to expose students to environments which foster entrepreneurial mind-sets
and the effectiveness of the entrepreneurship programs are important keys to
produce more young entrepreneurs in future.

17.  Entrepreneurship Action Plan of Higher Education Institutions 2016 – 2020
on entrepreneurship are well stated
 more entrepreneurship courses should be added
 entrepreneurial skills should be introduced into the entrepreneurship
education curriculum
 lecturers and instructors should adapt to changes by making themselves
available for training and re- training on the entrepreneurship education.
 Entrepreneurship training should be encouraged for individual empowerment
and self-employment
 Adequate infrastructural facilities, enabling enrolment that support and
encourage entrepreneurship development should be provide