Soft Skills Acquisition by Teaching Staff of Higher Education Institutions: A Course-Based Comparative Analysis

This study focuses on what it means for lecturers to develop soft skills and the status of these skills in the teaching profession. It used a survey method and a questionnaire was a research instrument. The population for this study included Eight lecturers and 120 students of four programs i.e. Management, Computer Application, Education, and Law of IPEM College, Ghaziabad, which were chosen here through purposive and random sampling. Based on the survey results, Lifelong Learning was the most relevant soft skill that the teachers learned. This study investigated how lecturers acquired their skills and the significance of these skills for the teaching profession. The categories selected for examination were communication, critical/problem-solving, teamwork, life-long learning, and leadership skills based on the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education Model as independent variables with a dependent variable comprising the significance assigned to these skills for teachers' work. In addition, the qualitative results demonstrated that the important aspects of soft skills development are: (i) teaching quality is good; (ii) career enhancement and development; and (iii) skills management among students. To summarize, this research result goes beyond training aimed at a knowledge-based society and economy, informing cost-effective development realization processes through high-quality development activities.