Sejahtera Academic Framework (SAF)

98 97 Survey Result A survey was conducted on the SAF framework between June-July 2020 and a total of 484 PG students responded to the survey. The survey reveals that the students found the Kulliyyah Required courses have been highly beneficial in enriching their spiritual engagement, knowledge of Islamic worldview and personal well-being. No. Do you agree that, the University Required Courses; Agreed and Strongly agreed Disagreed and Strongly disagreed 1 Enrich your spiritual engagement? 77% 3.70% 2 Enrich your knowledge on Islamic worldview? 78% 2.20% 3 Are useful for your personal wellbeing? 75% 3.30% 4 Have been efficiently organised? 62% 7.50% 5 Have been taught effectively by course instructor? 73% 4.80% 6 Develop your soft skill such as communication skills? 68% 6% 7 Have duplicated content with your undergraduate courses? 35% 24% 8 Do not meet their objectives? 19.50% 48% 9 The load of the courses does not reflect the credit hour? 23% 39% 10 Class schedule caters to the need of postgraduate students? 52% 9.30% Table 3.13 PG students’ perception on UniCORE-PG Despite the lack of courses that focus on soft skills, due to the nature of PG programmes that require presentation as mode of assessment, more than 70% of the students found that the courses have been instrumental in developing their soft skills. No. Do you agree that, your programme / Specialization Courses; Agreed and Strongly agreed Disagreed and Strongly disagreed 1 Are useful for your personal well-being? 75% 4.80% 2 Have been efficiently organised? 68% 6% 3 Have been taught effectively by course instructor? 71% 5.50% 4 Develop your soft skill such as communication skills? 72% 6% 5 Has duplicated content with your undergraduate courses? 32% 27% 6 Do not meet their objectives? 21% 49% 7 The load of the courses does not reflect the credit hour? 23% 61% Most of the students agree that the curriculum should be revised to factor SDGs, FPK, Maqā ṣ id Ash-Sharī ʿ ah and prepare them for the onslaught of IR4.0. The result of the survey indicates exactly that i.e. themajority of the students view the curriculum to be lacking in that sense and thus ripe for overall review. No. To what extent do you agree that your University required course should; Agreed and Strongly agreed Disagreed and Strongly disagreed 1 Integrate Education Sustainable Development in the courses? 70% 4% 2 Integrate Falsafah Pendidikan Kebangsaan / National Philosophy Education in the courses? 57% 8% 3 Integrate Maqā ṣ id Ash-Sharī ʿ ah in the courses? 72% 4% 4 Integrate 21st century learning strategies in teaching and learning? 77% 2.60% Table 3.13 PG students’ perception on the core courses Table 3.14 PG students’ agreement on way forward for UniCORE-PG