The aim of this study was to highlight how a combination of TVET and entrepreneurship education can be harnessed to address the problem of unemployment as well as underutilisation of human resources, in Lusaka Province, Zambia, to foster sustainable social economic development. A questionnaire was administered to TVET students. A representative sample of 480 respondents was targeted. Interview respondents included TVET instructors, TVET administrators, TVET government officers, Industry experts and parents of TVET learners. The sample was proportionately shared among the eight dis-

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in 2020 is similar to other crises, such as natural disasters, war, macroeconomic mismanagement, and its economic shock has brought great influence to enterprises all over the world. The crisis will lead to a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) bankruptcy and social unemployment tide. The tense trade war and ideological conflict between China and the United States before the outbreak have brought China's economic development into a severe bottleneck period. The main objective of this study is to analyze the influence of entrepreneurship education on innovation capability among undergraduate students in Guangxi, China. The mixed-method research design is utilized in this study, the quantitative data of 400 senior undergraduates from 3 universities in China were collected by questionnaires, the proposed data analysis has adopted by CB-SEM. A qualitative sample of the in-depth interview was identified as 15 and Nvivo software was utilized for data analysis, including 12 students and 3 instructors from three universities. The current international competitiveness is mainly focused on the technical talents and innovation capability, this study referenced the Triple Helix Model of Innovation that government, university, and industry play the important roles in the innovation ecosystem. The findings revealed the institutional environment and supporting infrastructure have a significant impact on student's innovation capability, and entrepreneurial capital obtained from entrepreneurship education program is important for the cultivation of innovation capability. This research makes significant theoretical and practical implications to enrich the existing literature of the relationship of entrepreneurship education and innovation capability, and the policymakers of government and universities should encourage the innovation-driven entrepreneurship education practices in the new normal economic environment.

Abstract. This paper examines the impact of corporate governance quality on audit quality in Malaysia. The sampling frame is 457 Malaysian non-finance listed companies, over the periods 2003 (pre-2007 Code period) and 2008to 2012 (post -2007 Code period), consisting of 2,285 observations for each period. This study uses pooled ordinary least square (OLS) to test the research hypotheses and model. The results show that the effectiveness of the audit committee (AC) has no significant influence on audit fees in the pre-and post-2007 Code period, and the effectiveness of the board has no significant influence on audit fees in the pre-2007 Code period, although it has significant influence on audit fees in the post-2007 Code period. The results suggest that the existing corporate governance framework in relation to AC has limitation in its governance role on audit process. Our study contributes to existing literature conducted in the US, the UK and Australia where their institutional settings are different from that of Malaysia. In addition, our study is based on the 2007 Code's recommendation which contributes to the previous research conducted in Malaysia and provides an insightful evidence to the regulator on the corporate governance regime in Malaysia.

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