The Advantages of Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU)’s Activities to Future TVET Teachers

Abstract

Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU) is one of the co-curriculums activities that created only by public higher education institutions in Malaysia. The main objective of the establishment ROTU is to provide highly skilled and qualified personnel for conducting the reserve team of the Malaysian Army. Thus, through the exercises performed, ROTU should be able to generate human capital needs of the country in the future. This paper has discussed the advantages of ROTU’s activities to be applied in the prospective teachers to prepare for the proficiency levels are professionalised teacher after graduation in public higher education institutions.The qualitative research methodology had been used which data had been collected through Interviews, observation and documents analysis. Research findings show that the ROTU’s activities was encouraging developments in the aspect of leadership, mental toughness, self-confidence and a spirit of cooperation that can be applied in the future TVET teachers. Prospective teachers should prepare him/her to become a quality human capital in terms of leadership, self-confidence and mental strength before they are revealed to be a professional teacher later.