Program tunas mekar: tinjauan di negeri Pulau Pinang
Rosley Jaafar1.
Tunas Mekar is a unique entrepreneurship training program for bumiputera graduates from public and private universities and is considered as one of the most successful entrepreneur creation programs in Malaysia. The purpose of this article is to analyze and review the implementations and achievements of the program in Penang which involves institutions of higher learning, entrepreneur of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and government agency. It is a descriptive analysis that evaluates the objectives, implementation, benefit, significance and achievement carried out since the year 2005 to 2015. This analysis shows that 73.4% of the graduates who had joined this program became entrepreneurs and started businesses in Penang. The findings also show that entrepreneurship is acceptable as a career choice for graduates of public and private institutions, regardless of gender and their level of education. The majority of the graduates are from UiTM. This illustrates that the policies, curriculum and entrepreneurial culture program which is implemented in Malaysian higher education institutions indicate success.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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