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Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has always acknowledged the needs to provide the opportunities get a quality education at the tertiary level. One of the many initiatives is its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme which is established to give financial support to B40 youth to pursue their studies through a pre-diploma programme. This CSR programme has helped 40,836 B40 pre-diploma students from the year of 2010 until 2018. Thus, a study has been conducted to investigate the overall academic performance and employability of the pre-diploma programme students who pursued their study in Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology. This study provides an overview of the achievements of institutional efforts in helping underprivileged students in preparing them for real work scenarios in agricultural sector with a good level of education. Primary data have been obtained from databases which handled by the UiTM Transformation Unit. Numerical analysis of the employability data was obtained through questionnaires and surveys from Skim Kajian Pengesanan Graduan (SKPG). All the data have been screened, cleaned, and coded accordingly using Microsoft Excel to find the connections and relationships. Descriptive statistics from the findings revealed that 81, 32 and two pre-diploma students successfully graduate their studies to diploma, bachelor’s and master degree respectively. 48% of the graduates are currently employed mostly in the private sector with the 'fresh graduates' qualification offered salaries between RM1,000 - RM1,800. In future work, further research can be done on how these pre-diploma students of low-income families can change the socioeconomics of their families as agriculture sector has been providing employment opportunities for communities across the region and it is a key factor for development in Malaysia. This could be a continuation of the recent work as its indicate that the CSR programme has met its objective to change the destiny of the nation’s children.
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To Cite this Article: Zain, W. Z. W. M., Johar, N., Japaar, A., Mahdzar, M., Rahman, M. A., & Rahim, A. S. A. A. (2021). The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) UITM towards Agriculture B40 Students in Terms of Academic and Employability Performance. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 10(3), 660–675.
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