1Still seeking a job54.7
2Waiting for further-study placement25.6
3Family responsibility6.3
4Taking a break / travelling5.4
5Health reasons2.1
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Ministry of Higher Education Malaysiashare of non-working respondents · %IN BRIEF
EDUCATION · TVET OUTCOMES
Why were some TVET graduates not working yet in 2023?
Compare the main reported reasons among non-working graduates across seven TVET provider groups with at least 100 non-working respondents.
SHOW ME THE DATAPolytechnics → KKDW skills institutions · share of non-working respondents · %
1Still seeking a job54.2
2Family responsibility13.3
3Waiting for further-study placement10.8
4Health reasons9.2
5Choose not to work4.2
1Still seeking a job66.8
2Waiting for further-study placement16.2
3Taking a break / travelling6.3
4Family responsibility5.1
5Choose not to work1.1
1Still seeking a job71.4
2Waiting for further-study placement10.5
3Family responsibility5.7
4Job offers unsuitable3.2
5Taking a break / travelling2.7
1Still seeking a job69.1
2Family responsibility6.2
3Waiting for further-study placement5.9
4Job offers unsuitable5.2
5Taking a break / travelling4.6
1Still seeking a job72.3
2Waiting for further-study placement14.6
3Family responsibility4.4
4Taking a break / travelling3.6
5Choose not to work1.8
1Still seeking a job65.6
2Waiting for further-study placement13.4
3Family responsibility8.7
4Health reasons3.8
5Taking a break / travelling2.3
Ministry of Higher Education Malaysiashare of non-working respondents · %SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia ↗31 Dec 2023 cut-offHIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Further-study plans, family responsibilities and other circumstances make 'not working' a more varied category than unemployment alone.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSSelf-reported reasons among non-working graduates only.
PulseKita reproduces the leading reasons published in MOHE Table 7.10. Each frame uses only graduates who reported that they were not working yet. MOTAC and KKR are excluded from this comparison because their non-working respondent bases were below 100.
- The denominator is non-working graduates only, not all graduates.
- The chart shows the first seven published reason categories; additional low-frequency reasons in the source are not visualised here.
- MOTAC and KKR are excluded because their non-working respondent bases were 25 and 31 respectively.
- Reasons are self-reported tracer-study responses and should not be interpreted as causal findings.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceTVET Graduate Tracer Study outcomes, 2023
- 2TransformationPulseKita reproduces the leading reasons published in MOHE Table 7.10. Each frame uses only graduates who reported that they were not working yet. MOTAC and KKR are excluded from this comparison because their non-working respondent bases were below 100.
- 3Published visualSequence infographic
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGEPolytechnics → KKDW skills institutions
UNITshare of non-working respondents · %
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED31 Dec 2023 cut-off