Industries and Vocational Training Centres Partnership: Issues and Improvement Plan

Abstract

Several challenges have been found to develop and sustain collaboration between industries and vocational institutions, including funds, misunderstanding of objectives, policy limitation, and bureaucracy. This paper systematically reviewed five journals regarding the issues in collaboration between industries and vocational institutions, then identified a possible solution to improve that collaboration. A meta-analysis reviewed conducted on five related journals and research papers concerning cooperative relations vocational institutions with industries published within five years of this paper being produced from Emerald, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and Sage Publication database sources. This study also found that collaboration between industries and vocational training centers can be improved if the government provides a clear policy to enhance mutual understanding between both parties. This approach can be used as a reference for Vocational institutions to strengthen the quality of vocational graduates by turning them into job-ready workers.