Industry and School Partnership: A Workforce Development Strategy

Abstract

Strengthening partnership between Industries and educational institutions are actively pursued globally. Linkages between schools and industries become a crucial means to develop innovative approaches and strategies to meet workforce needs and educationaloutcomes. The purpose of this paper is to explore the benefits of school and business industry partnership as a workforce development strategy. Literature reviews and secondary data were analysed to derive wider and thorough understanding on the school-industry partnership. The results revealed that strong collaborative partnership could lead to a deeper and lasting mutually beneficial bond that can contribute to broader institutional and industry goals.