Benefit of Cooperative Education |
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Academic Institute benefits |
- Academic collaboration and good relationship with the workplaces are established.
- Feedback can be used in revising the curriculum as well as the teaching and learning.
- The academic institutes are recognized by the labor market.
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Workplace benefits |
- Academic collaboration and good relationship with the institutions.
- Creating good image of the workplaces in supporting education and assisting the development of graduates of the nation.
- Having enthusiastic students of a certain level with academic ability that are beneficial in the workplace throughout the year.
- Permanent staff members have more time to perform other tasks that are more important.
- The opportunity to screen students for full-time employment in the future without a probationary period.
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Student Benefits |
- Gain practical experience in the students’ field of studies in addition to classroom learning.
- Increase relevance of learning, self- development, interpersonal skills, responsibility, and self-confidence which are workplace expectations.
- Becoming better learners and earning good grades after the co-op practicum due to a better understanding of the contents resulted from authentic experience in the workplace.
- Acquire communication skills
- Earn an income
- Make right decisions about future career as one’s own capability is more realized
- Become graduates with higher potential and a better chance of being offered a job before graduation.
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