creators_name: Afzhan Khan Mohamad Khalil, 
creators_name: Widad Othman, 
creators_name: Nurul Amanina Muhamad Jufari, 
creators_name: Aznan Ariffin, 
creators_id: afzhankhan@oum.edu.my
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2020-01-15 06:18:34
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corp_creators: Open University Malaysia (OUM)
title: Accreditation of prior experiential learning and democratisation of education: empirical evidence using multiple regression analysis
ispublished: pub
subjects: LC5201
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning, Democratisation of Education, Regression and Service Quality
abstract: Access to education is still a worldwide problem due to various inequalities. The
Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) introduced the Accreditation of Prior
Experiential Learning (APEL) mechanism which enables individuals who have work
experience but lack in formal academic qualifications to pursue their studies at higher
educational institutions. APEL Centre is an approved assessment centre for MQA. The
main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between service quality
provided by APEL Centre, awareness on APEL and democratisation of education.
A literature review to build the research instrument. Survey questionnaires were
administered and a total of 168 were usable responses from Open University Malaysia
(OUM). Face-to-face data collection procedure was adopted. A total of 63% of the
respondents were aware of the entry requirements using APEL whereas 27% needed
more clarification. The candidates who obtained the services from APEL Centre were
interested to gain admission in Diploma (3%), Degree (58%) and Master (39%)
programmes in Malaysia. The data collected were cleaned and issues related to data
normality (Kurtosis < 3.00; Skewness < 1.00) were primarily resolved. The Cronbach
Alpha for service quality of APEL Centre (a = 0.97), awareness on APEL (a = 0.94)
and democratisation of education (a = 0.96) were far above acceptable. The reported R
square (0.54) indicated goodness of fit of the total regression model. Service quality
provided by APEL Centre (p = 0.01) and awareness on APEL (p = 0.02) were both
significant variables when examined against democratisation of education in OUM.
The empirical evidence given clearly implies that APEL can help increase access to
education. The role of informal and non-formal education can heighten global
citizenship of the candidates. Future researchers are recommended to validate the
existing measurement by performing confirmatory factor analysis and qualitative
interviews to narrow the methodological gap available. (Abstract by authors)
date: 2019-04
date_type: published
pagerange: 275-282
event_title: International Conference on Education (ICE 2019)
event_location: Kuala Lumpur
event_dates: 10-11 April 2019
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Afzhan Khan Mohamad Khalil,  and Widad Othman,  and Nurul Amanina Muhamad Jufari,  and Aznan Ariffin,   (2019) Accreditation of prior experiential learning and democratisation of education: empirical evidence using multiple regression analysis.  In: International Conference on Education (ICE 2019), 10-11 April 2019, Kuala Lumpur.     
document_url: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1174/1/library-document-1174.pdf