Editing Outcome-based education (section)

===Malaysia===
OBE has been practiced in Malaysia since the 1950s; however, as of 2008, OBE is being implemented at all levels of education, especially tertiary education. This change is a result of the belief that the education system used prior to OBE inadequately prepared graduates for life outside of school.<ref name=Mohayidin>{{cite journal|last1=Mohayidin|first1=Mohd Ghazali|title=Implementation of Outcome-Based Education in Universiti Putra Malaysia: A Focus on Students' Learning Outcomes|journal=International Education Studies|year=2008|volume=1|issue=4|doi=10.5539/ies.v1n4p147 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/42386062|access-date=23 October 2014|doi-access=free}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia)|The Ministry of Higher Education]] has pushed for this change because of the number of unemployed graduates. Findings in 2006 state that nearly 70% of graduates from public universities were considered unemployed. A further study of those graduates found that they felt they lacked, job experience, communication skills, and qualifications relevant to the current job market. The [[Malaysian Qualifications Agency]] (MQA) was created to oversee quality of education and to ensure outcomes were being reached.<ref name=Kaliannan>{{cite journal|last1=Kaliannan|first1=Maniam|last2=Chandran|first2=Suseela Devi|title=Empowering Students through Outcome-Based Education (OBE)|journal=Research in Education|year=2012|volume=87|issue=1|pages=50–63|doi=10.7227/RIE.87.1.4|s2cid=154247059 }}</ref> The MQA created a [[Malaysian Qualifications Framework|framework]] that includes eight levels of qualification within higher education, covering three sectors; skills, vocational and technical, and academic.<ref name=MQA>{{cite web|title=Malaysian Qualifications Framework|url=http://www.mqa.gov.my/|publisher=Malaysian Qualifications Agency|access-date=23 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011033622/http://www.mqa.gov.my/|archive-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> Along with meeting the standards set by the MQA, universities set and monitor their own outcome expectations for students<ref name=Kaliannan />