MALAYSIAN QUANTITY SURVEYING EDUCATION FRAMEWORK

In recent years, there has been increasing concern on the quality of Malaysian surveying graduates joining the profession. [Chua Siow Leng, 2004]. There are more complaints from employers on the standard and competencies of surveying graduates. Fingers have been pointed out to the universities for not providing the appropriate curriculum and course content. On the other hand, due to the rapid changes taking place in the profession and in the construction industry in particular, it has becomes increasingly important to have well qualified graduates who are able to meet the challenges and increasing demands of the profession. The fundamental question is how can the university courses be structured with the intention that more and more relevant areas of study can be addressed so that firms requiring employees with strong skills can be achieved. According to Chua Siow Leng [2004], one of the ultimate factors that determines the quality of a professional degree course is the curriculum and course content must be balanced, current and meet the needs of the local profession and industry. Consequently, this paper seeks to examine some issues concerning the education of quantity surveying programs in Malaysia and whether the scope of syllabus in quantity surveying courses in the higher learning institution fulfill the needs of the industry