Enhancing key competencies-based performance assessment in higher vocational education: A sustainable approach to general education curriculum

Abstract

The competency-based assessment has been a significant factor for higher vocational educational institutional performance and this aspect needs researchers’ emphasis. The objectives of the present article are to investigate the impact of staff skills and training and innovation adoption on competencies-based performance assessment (CBPA) of higher vocational educational institutions in China. The study also investigates the moderating role of institutional support among staff skills and training, innovation adoption and CBPA. The study collected the primary data from the students of the higher vocational educational institutions in China using survey questionnaires. The study also employed Smart-PLS to check the data reliability such as convergent and discriminant validity and the relationship among understudy variables. The outcomes revealed that the staff skills and training and innovation adoption have a positive linkage with CBPA. The results also exposed that institutional support significantly moderates staff skills and training, innovation adoption and CBPA. The study guides the regulators in making regulations regarding improving the CBPA using effective staff skills and training and effective innovation adoption. It also provides help to educational institutions in improving CBPA using skilled staff and innovation adoption. © 2025 Conscientia Beam. All Rights Reserved.

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Author Keywords

Core-competences based Higher vocational educational Innovation adoption institutional Institutional support performance assessment Staff skills Staff training

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Author Affiliations

Department of Advanced Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Funding & Acknowledgements

Grant: EJ23312162

The Ethical Committee of the Heilongjiang Vocational College of Tourism, China has granted approval for this study (Ref. No.: EJ23312162).

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Enhancing key competencies-based performance assessment in higher vocational education: A sustainable approach to general education curriculum

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