The present invention discloses to a keypad with an EL device for a backlight united with a keypad rubber and a method for fabricating the same for improving a click sensitivity and visibility of keys and preventing a wrong operation of the keys by using a silicon injection process.The method for fabricating a keypad used in a portable terminal, comprises the steps of: fabricating a light-emitting device for a backlight; printing an adhesive on a front side and a back side of the light-emitting device; performing an injection process to form a silicon layer, the silicon layer united with the light-emitting device through the adhesive; cutting the light-emitting device united with the silicon layer in a regular shape suitable to the portable terminal; and attaching keys to portions of the silicon layer corresponding to a light-emitting portion of the front side in the light-emitting device.