Readiness to Teach Industry 4.0 among University Lecturers in Malaysian Urban Universities.

The rising unemployment rates among fresh graduates have been attributed mainly to skill deficiency in the job market especially in this era of Industry 4.0. Thus, it is important to investigate the level of readiness of lecturers to teach Industry 4.0 technologies in the different types of universities and disciplines. Descriptive survey research was undertaken using 84 lecturers from private and public Malaysian urban universities. A questionnaire based on the 21 dimensions from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Malaysia (2018) Industry4WRD Readiness Criteria Model was constructed to measure lecturers' readiness to teach Industry 4.0. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were high. Results revealed that the lecturers had low level of readiness to teach Industry 4.0 skills, there were no significant differences in readiness to teach Industry 4.0 between private and public university lecturers on all dimensions, and there were also no significant differences in readiness to teach Industry 4.0 between Engineering and Computer Science lecturers. Results from this study could be used to identify and rectify lecturers' lack of readiness to teach on specific industry 4.0 dimensions. Future research should focus on replicating this study with a larger sample size and identify approaches to improve lecturers' readiness to teach I ndustry 4.0. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]