Abstract
This paper aims to provide a critical literature review on the role of generic competencies in designing, integrating, and assessing curriculum in Malaysian higher education context. This study addresses the issue of integrating generic competencies in higher education context. Moreover, the challenges of implementation of generic competencies in higher education institutions are identified. Then the research gap on the lack of integrating generic competencies in Malaysian higher education system is highlighted and the past studies which addressed the issue of integrating and assessing generic competencies in Malaysian universities are reviewed. The results revealed some Malaysian universities attempted to integrate generic competencies into their curriculum to increase the rate of employability; however, there is an ambiguity regarding the assessment of generic competencies in the context of higher education. Further research is required to be conducted to investigate the assessment of generic competencies.
Keywords: Job skills, Curriculum development, Higher Educations, Generic competencies, Malaysia.