The Benefits of the Knowledge Transfer Program (KTP) to Asnafpreneur Students

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https://doi.org/10.24191/eaj.v14i2.8865

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Asnafpreneur students, Entrepreneurial skills, Knowledge Transfer Program (KTP), Benefits, Community

Abstract

The Asnafpreneur Project of UiTM Pahang Branch is developed to assist asnaf students to generate personal income through entrepreneurial skill trainings. The project aims to encourage them to apply hard skill expertise to generate personal income and thus, reduce the financial burden on their families during the study period. This project provided various programs and courses to train them to become asnafpreneur students. These asnafpreneur students have received hard skill training in the areas of spa, barbering and hairdressing, and sports massage. Other than that, these asnafpreneur students were required to participate in the Knowledge Transfer Program (KTP), which serves to improve skills and gain exposure to community relations. There were 25 asnafpreneur students involved with this KTP that was held in Hotel Darul Makmur, Jerantut, on May 11 and 12, 2024. To examine the benefits of KTP to asnafpreneur students, a qualitative study was conducted, and 16 respondents were interviewed. The results of the study showed that the KTP has benefited students in various ways, including hard skill and soft skill development, business management and sharing knowledge. Thus, this study contributes to the existing research on community program and their contribution to the students. Future studies on the effectiveness of the support program for these asnafpreneur are recommended since there is limited research on asnaf entrepreneurship in the literature. 

Author Biographies

Adibah Hussin, UiTM Cawangan Pahang

Faculty of Business and Management, UiTM Cawangan Pahang, 26400 Bandar Tun Abdul Razak Jengka, Pahang, Malaysia

Nor Hidayatun Abdul Razak, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang

Faculty of Business and Management, UiTM Cawangan Pahang, 26400 Bandar Tun Abdul Razak Jengka, Pahang, Malaysia

Normilia Abd Wahid, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang

Faculty of Business and Management, UiTM Cawangan Pahang, 26400 Bandar Tun Abdul Razak Jengka, Pahang, Malaysia

Suzaini Harmiruslin Supian, Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang

Suzaini Harmiruslin Supian is a lecturer at the Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang. She received her BA and MA in English Language Studies from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her research interests include English Language teaching and second language acquisition.

Norhidayah Md Yusof, Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang

Norhidayah Md Yusof is a lecturer at the Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang, Jengka Campus, Pahang, Malaysia. She holds a Master’s Degree in English Language Studies from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Her research interests include teacher talk, classroom discourse, and corpus linguistics.

Maisarah Ishak, UiTM Cawangan Pahang

Faculty of Business and Management, UiTM Cawangan Pahang, 26400 Bandar Tun Abdul Razak Jengka, Pahang, Malaysia

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