Kirkby International College Case Study

Kirkby International College (KIC) has been established in 2007 and founded by Internexia College, which located in Selangor. During the 1950s to 1960s, Malaysia’s government used to send the local English teachers to Kirkby College which located in Liverpool, England for training program and internships, and the Internexia College was one of the foundations that associated with Kirkby College at that time, but the college has closed down in 1962 and it has been known as a higher education center from public as it produced the talented Malaysian teachers over the years (Kirkby International College 2016). However, the passionate of the founder in their own training programs in the English language is not reduced, although the Kirkby College
Despite the college is a local private institution, but it has been officially approved and launched by the government, the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in 2012 (The Star
Yahaya Ibrahim in 2012 (School Malaysia 2015). Kirkby International College is not only a college but also a private teacher training provider in Malaysia that offers teacher training and studies, the college does not merely specializing the English learning courses and training schemes of the local teacher but also covers a wide range of programs to the students which includes ICT education, diploma levels in English studies which ideal for the trainee teachers who planning to pursue the areas in training, teaching, Advertising, Journalism, Public Relations, as well as the creative media (Kirkby College Alumni Association 2009). However, the major program in the college is to offer the trainees to gain globally recognized diploma education holders and helping them to gain the education degrees in terms of practicing teachers. KIC is