Problems of Lifelong Education Course in Information and Communication Technology

The study is the way to identify the problems that occur in organizing short course’s lifelong learning in the information and communication technology (ICT) education which are faced by the lecturer and staff at the Mara Skill Institute and Industrial Training Institute in Pahang Malaysia. The important aspects of these issues are classified to five which are selecting the courses administrative. Fifty lecturers and staff were selected as a respondent. The sample is selected by using the non-random sampling method purpose sampling. The questionnaire is used as a research instrument and divided into five main parts. All the data that gain from the questionnaire are analyzed by using the SPSS in term of mean, standard deviation and percentage. The findings showed, there are the problems occur in organizing the short course for lifelong learning in ICT education.

Authors:

• Hisham Md Suhadi
• Faaizah Shahbodin
• Jamaluddin Hashim

Keywords:

• Lifelong education
• information and communication technology (ICT)
• short course
• ICT education
• courses administrative.

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