Competency Gap: How Students and Teachers Perception of Competencies Differ from Employers (PDF)

Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, , course: MBA, language: English, abstract: This research is concerned with education employment equation in education sector. This
research will be based on perception of employers, teachers and students about the competencies
the graduates possess. Many employers think that employability skills should be shaped
somewhere else in graduates before entering workplace, throughout the curriculum at all levels.
They think that students should be prepared for workplace. It is suspected that widening the
access of higher education has increased the heterogeneity of the skills of the students in the
industry. Employers have indicated that students are often not prepared for the workplace and
call on universities to produce work-ready graduates. Educational institutions are under pressure
to generate competent students, so that they are able to respond in ever changing environment
This study aims to explore the level of competencies perceived by employers, teacher's
perception about their students and students themselves perception about their competencies and
identify the gaps that need to be addressed. This research will focus where students of Comsats
are standing in case of competencies according to employers, teachers and their own perception.
The gaps between the ranks are evaluated. The study is conducted by applying convenience
sampling method. To determine the internal consistency, Cronbach Alpha test of the individual
variables is applied, the overall reliability is found to be acceptable.