As per today's news:
For the first time, Malaysian public universities will be opened to foreigners, with 5% of undergraduate places in critical courses being allocated to them.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shafie Mohd Salleh described the move as a social obligation to nations with which Malaysia had exploration rights, especially for petroleum.
Other highlights:
Dr Shafie said the ministry was also looking into rating universities based on disciplines and not under a general ranking as published by Britain's The Times Higher Education Supplement.
“When the faculties are highly-rated because they have good lecturers and researchers, then students are more likely to enrol there, resulting in better quality teaching and research,” he said.
Dr Shafie added that the ministry was currently coming up with a paper on the proposal.
He added that the Government's goal for 70% of lecturers in universities have PhDs by 2010, against the current 29.7%, was a tall order.
As a short-term measure, the Government would be beefing up the number of academics by hiring more foreign lecturers with PhDs.
3 comments:
Why is the government giving out places to foreginers when our own good students are denied a place in public universities? They have to further their studies oversea! It's something like giving out food to others when we ourslef are starving! lastly, why are we notified only when the cabinet had approved this decision? I really wonder who is the boss?? maybe we will only be the boss when the election comes!
Although we have differences in culture, but do not want is that this view is the same and I like that!
Good article, good things, good feelings, good BLOG!
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