Quality Of The Learning System And Services At The Institute Of Teacher Education (ITE)

SYED ISMAIL SYED MUSTAPA (INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU MALAYSIA)
Azahar Aziz (INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU MALAYSIA)
Shamsazila Sa’aban (INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU MALAYSIA)
Salmiah Md.Salleh (INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU MALAYSIA)

Journal Civics and Social Studies
Vol 7, No 1 (2023): Vol 7 no 1 Tahun 2023

The Graduate Tracer Study is an annual survey conducted to determine graduates' satisfaction with the quality of the learning system and services provided after they have completed their studies. This study aims to survey Institute of Teacher Education (ITE) graduates' perspectives on eight (8) aspects, namely the content of the study programme, assessment system, counselling and career guidance services, teaching staff, infrastructure facilities, skills acquired from studies, self-preparedness, and perception of ITE's reputation. A total of 2191 graduates from 27 ITE campuses have answered the distributed instrument. The survey's findings suggest that the graduates' overall viewpoint on the eight (8) aspects of the study is at a high level, with a mean score of 4.67 (SD=. 55). The mean for each aspect is also high, which is the perspective on self-preparedness (mean 4.80; SD=. 43); skills obtained from studies (mean 4.79; SD=. 44); perception of ITE's reputation (mean 4.79; SD=. 48); teaching staff (mean 4.76; SD=. 48); study programme content (mean 4.77; SD=. 48); assessment system (mean 4.62; SD=. 58); counselling and career guidance services (mean 4.56; SD=. 65); and infrastructure facilities (mean 4.31; SD=. 82). Following that, the study's findings suggest that 2,126 graduates (97.0%) aim to continue their education at a higher level. The study's findings also suggest that many graduates (98.3%) showed a willingness to continue serving in the teaching profession. The researcher proposed increasing the male student recruitment quota for the Bachelor of Teaching programme. Similarly, infrastructure facilities need to be enhanced. Furthermore, ITE graduates must embrace the opportunity to continue their studies at a higher level. Simultaneously, ITE must accelerate the implementation of Masters and Doctoral study programmes at ITE.  Finally, the researcher recommended that additional research be conducted on the influence of parts of the ITE learning system and services to improve the teacher education programme.