Implementing Malaysian standards in a MoT program: A research agenda

Program Learning Outcome (PLO) in the Outcome-based Education (OBE) approach has been an integral topic for discussions among academics in most higher education providers particularly in Malaysia. The basic principles of OBE which are clarity of focus, designing back, high expectations and expanded opportunities have also been elaborated in many education conferences. In Malaysia, the implementation of OBE has been integrated in the quality assurance standards by MQA. However, the transformation of the implementation of standards on molding the graduate attributes as needed by the market is still vague. Hence, this paper explores the transformation of the PLO of a program in one public university and discusses the conceptual finding. The standards have been used as the case study protocol in the discussions and conclusions.