tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post113090526464797817..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: UM needs a strategic vision and well-defined goals to achieve that visionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1132064716521439322005-11-15T22:25:00.000+08:002005-11-15T22:25:00.000+08:00Pls read this piece of news:http://www.kampusnegar...Pls read this piece of news:<BR/><BR/>http://www.kampusnegara.com/ver6/modules/news/article.php?storyid=112<BR/><BR/>Mr Wirakarnain was brought to UM tribunal court on charge of embezzling funds from the college.<BR/><BR/>Not only an academic failure, but also a morally unaccountable person. Why does UM keep such people in its rank?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1131538357433937092005-11-09T20:12:00.000+08:002005-11-09T20:12:00.000+08:00Frankly, why the hue and cry about the bad standar...Frankly, why the hue and cry about the bad standard of UM when it is an open knowledge that UM has dug its own grave and is doomed to decline ever since UM practised the NEP in mid 1970? For more than 30 years, every aspect of UM’s actions is largely bumiputra-oriented and anyone who has commonsense would predict that UM will eventually be a glorified institution of higher learning filled largely with incompetent people producing substandard graduates. The current VC is definitely a megalomaniac (Note: He commanded others to address him as Dato’ Professor rather than the usual Professor Dato’!) who thought he was a god-sent academic to propel UM to greater height. Visit this website http://umweb.um.edu.my/vc/VCPublicLecture.ppt to read about the VC’s Syarahan Sri Perdana, arrogantly entitled “Ke mana Universiti Malaya Hendak Kubawa – Taking The University By The Hand”. He talked unashamedly about excellence, yet he appointed many poor quality lecturers and administration staff (many of whom are failures), as correctly pointed out by ‘Anonymous’. In fact, the VC should be referred to ACA for the abuse of his position and total waste of the taxpayers’ money for the cold-blooded murder of academic standard of UM. By appointing people like Wirakarnain Sani, who has not been able to complete his PhD, as a lecturer at the Faculty of Science, the VC has pawned the intellectual future of our future generation to his whim and fancy. How can an incompetent lecturer teach and train our future generation of students? Worse if the incompetent lecturer teaches the wrong knowledge to them! And the VC honestly believes that the ranking of UM should be better, what a joke! Pray cry for UM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1130939284730928762005-11-02T21:48:00.000+08:002005-11-02T21:48:00.000+08:00on an indulgent tangent, this came out of china......on an indulgent tangent, this came out of china... http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/28/content_488475.htmJernghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065140605321202631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1130916625337024022005-11-02T15:30:00.000+08:002005-11-02T15:30:00.000+08:00It is a tall order for a political outfit like UM ...It is a tall order for a political outfit like UM to adopt all the strategic plans suggested. The UM VC runs the place as if it is his little fiefdom. In fact he considers himeself to be the Sultan of UM. He has directed all faculties to hang his portrait everywhere. He takes pride in strutting around in his funny navy uniform. At other times he will ask the Reserve officers Training Unit to parade and inspect them. He harbours grand visions of grandeur. He only nurtures half witted dimwits who will shower praises upon him. Excellent academics who speak their mind or those who challenge his autocratic rule are immediately dealt with (contract not extended, removed from administrative posts etc.). Since the Senate members are selected by him, he selects only the 'yes men'and the stupid Senate ends up making ridiculous decisions like giving honorary doctorates Emeritus professors to countless mediocre academics under the direction of the dictator.<BR/> <BR/>Take the example of the appointment of Masters of the Residential Colleges to illustrate my point. According the former VC, the Masters of these colleges should have excellent academic credentials since the students will be looking up to them as their role models. When the present VC took over, he has been appointing academic disasters who in other universities would have been kicked out for failing their studies. Wirakarnain Sani, Master of 9th College has spent 8 years doing his PhD and exhausted his term but still no Ph.D, Anurddin bin Abdul Ghani was sent to do his Ph.D in UK but failed and is now Master of 12th College; Bazrul, Master of Sek. 17 College is another failure who is taking ages to do his Ph.D. Abdul Jalil, Jamaluddin Tubah are Masters of colleges but only have a Masters degree. These academic failures know that their survival in the university depends on the continuance of Hashim Yaacob and they spend their time and money in holding clandestine meetings to prop up the present VC by sending delegations to see various ministers. <BR/><BR/>Examples of his latest ridiculous appointments are: Wirakarnain Sani who has not been able to complete his PhD even after 8 years; is appointed a permanent lecturer without having to go through normal procedure. Bazrul, another PhD candidate who has been at it for many years. He is trying to appoint Kamariah Haron who has given up PhD after 10 years. How about the suspect appointments of Kalam Azad Abu Bakar, Eduardo MarusinMohd Hairolnezam Khamis, Mahaganapathy Dass @ Paskaradass, Halmi Rajin, Mahadzir Mat Isa and Hirman Awang? <BR/><BR/>The promotion exercise is done as if he is the King bestowing datukships. The promotion board consists of his spineless sidekicks who dare not oppose him. Therefore candidates who are not fit to be promoted are promoted. He brought in his wife from UKM because she could not not be promoted there after many years. I am sure he will fix the promotion exercise so that she will be promoted. He promotes underachievers like Rom Tamjis who took two attempts to do his Ph.D to become the Dean of Engineering. I am told that the Peer Assesors at Engineering recommended that he be not even shortlisted for promotion.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, the only way to save UM is to remove the present megalomaniac VC and replace him with a sane qualified academic immediately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com