tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post115449133630280834..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: Globalised Higher EducationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155472832650479542006-08-13T20:40:00.000+08:002006-08-13T20:40:00.000+08:00Dear ah piau:Thank you for your invitation to join...Dear ah piau:<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your invitation to join you in the coming "Globalising Higher Education in Malaysia" conference.<BR/><BR/>I'm touched by your sincerity in wanting to improve situations in Malaysia. However, I don't sense any change in attitude of policy makers for the better, and I regret to say that I will not be there.<BR/><BR/>I'm certain our policy makers are reading this freely accessible blog and all the comments present in the blog. They have to indicate their will power to change the system for the better.<BR/><BR/>Malaysia is blessed with countless talented and concerned individuals who are nationalistic and patriotic and who want to improve things in the country. However, as individuals, their efforts have only limited effects. We need the policy makers to act appropriately and move the system, leading to positive changes.<BR/><BR/>Can we all work together to make Malaysia truly progressive? That seems to be the impossible dream at this moment!<BR/><BR/>Do have a great time in the conference and tell us your views later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1154595517065864372006-08-03T16:58:00.000+08:002006-08-03T16:58:00.000+08:00Learn from history,Lets go to the seminar and thro...Learn from history,<BR/><BR/>Lets go to the seminar and throw list of questions to the speaker and exchange ideas. I know u have a lot of questions and ideas. May be u want to ask question u posted here. eg.<BR/><BR/>1.'How can we globalise higher education in Malaysia when more and more university students were taken in based on matriculation results rather than STPM results?'<BR/><BR/>2. 'No way we can globalise higher education in Malaysia when UM VC openly declared that UM has to preserve our national agenda - cannot ape the West by using English liberally but must use BM to protect and promote our national language, cannot have international students but must reserve university places for our local students, cannot do this and that etc.'<BR/><BR/>3. By declaring that a matriculation A = an STPM A, and then taking much, much more matriculation students over STPM students into professional courses in our public universities (in fact, matriculation is now the mainstream qualification of intake into our public universities), our Malay-dominant government has found a brilliant way to achieve its objective of Malay-dominant entries into professional courses based on an open, competitive, and meritocratic selection system! Most matriculation students are obviously ranked higher than STPM students for them to be offered places in professional courses, e.g., medical and dental, in our public universities.'<BR/><BR/>I'll be there. join me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1154581097405992402006-08-03T12:58:00.000+08:002006-08-03T12:58:00.000+08:00Why waste RM800 to hear some half-baked probably p...Why waste RM800 to hear some half-baked probably plagiarized ideas which are never going to be implemented anyway? <BR/><BR/>Why don't Tony and Kian Meng make an appeal to Prof Wang to publish his intended keynote address HERE in EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA. He will get a more appreciative audience here :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1154565772505402982006-08-03T08:42:00.000+08:002006-08-03T08:42:00.000+08:00Mr. LFHistory,..have always found your comments en...Mr. LFHistory,<BR/><BR/>..have always found your comments enlightening .. think better not mention anything about fees & costs here lah ..less the technopreuner Owner of this Blogg might just catch on your point as viable and have readers e-pay before e - read & e-comment :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1154522255927572482006-08-02T20:37:00.000+08:002006-08-02T20:37:00.000+08:00Yes, agreed, don't waste RM800 to attend the comin...Yes, agreed, don't waste RM800 to attend the coming conference entitled most ridiculously "Globalising Higher Education in Malaysia".<BR/><BR/>You will hear talks and talks about what factors ensure eminence and quality in higher education. Why waste money when you can read about all these factors in this frank Education in Malaysia Blog free of charge?<BR/><BR/>No way we can globalise higher education in Malaysia when UM VC openly declared that UM has to preserve our national agenda - cannot ape the West by using English liberally but must use BM to protect and promote our national language, cannot have international students but must reserve university places for our local students, cannot do this and that etc.<BR/><BR/>How can we globalise higher education in Malaysia when the mother of all stumbling blocks - rampant implementation of various policies of racial discrimination - is actively practised by our civil servants? <BR/><BR/>How can we globalise higher education in Malaysia when more and more university students were taken in based on matriculation results rather than STPM results?<BR/><BR/>It's all a joke. Let history judge our education system and products 10 to 20 years from now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1154518971977676482006-08-02T19:42:00.000+08:002006-08-02T19:42:00.000+08:00The universities in malaysia are limited by its ow...The universities in malaysia are limited by its own policies. We can grow only up to this stage, that's all.<BR/><BR/>All the talks about how to produce a globalised world-class institution in malaysia are a waste of time, really.<BR/><BR/>If we are not ready to improvise the policies, I urge the government to stop all these craps because we are wasting resources, time and money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1154505607175892672006-08-02T16:00:00.000+08:002006-08-02T16:00:00.000+08:00Dear Tony,From your point of view, what is the imp...Dear Tony,<BR/><BR/>From your point of view, what is the importance of culture, value and local environments such as (economy,political stability, social stability) in determining way forward of a public uni in Malaysia?<BR/><BR/>Thanks in advance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1154501007530051602006-08-02T14:43:00.000+08:002006-08-02T14:43:00.000+08:00Dont waste your well earned money trying to listen...Dont waste your well earned money trying to listen to a lot of crap spoken, (except wat Dr Azmi will be speaking.)<BR/>Spend that good money buying chicken riceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1154496012761522692006-08-02T13:20:00.000+08:002006-08-02T13:20:00.000+08:00..why talk global & higher when the basic is not a.....why talk global & higher when the basic is not a source of praise & envy?..and right up to postGrad, admin. and academic wise, every level is only showing signs of deterioration..<BR/><BR/>World class..such a famous word but meaningless and somewhat a paradox here..<BR/><BR/><BR/>inspired..stillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1154493481934564492006-08-02T12:38:00.000+08:002006-08-02T12:38:00.000+08:00Hm.. at RM 800 per person, thats a tad too expensi...Hm.. at RM 800 per person, thats a tad too expensive I think. Do note that at the World University President's Summit held at Thailand in the middle of last month, participation was free and it was even broadcasted Live on tv.<BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, is anyone planning on going? Perhaps we could get a bunch of Education@Malaysia readers and buy in bulk and pray for a discount.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1154492807901931032006-08-02T12:26:00.000+08:002006-08-02T12:26:00.000+08:00Ask Rafeah Salim to improve herself academically f...Ask Rafeah Salim to improve herself academically first before asking other people to be world class<BR/>Wat is the point of her just "reading' some noted scholar's paper when she herself cant give her own original insight and academic views<BR/>Rafeah should start looking at her backyard "UM" first before taking the podium. Wat a shame!<BR/><BR/>Ask her to read Lim Kit Siang's blog forst and see if she has maintained the academic standards of her own university?<BR/>Ask her to look into the sorry state of Faculty of Computer Science or even the Biological sciences of Science Faculty.<BR/><BR/>All we ever hear from these so called "top academics" and education officials are just talk..talk..talk and more talk.<BR/>All using hype sounding terms yet they cannot deliver wat our previous academics in 60s and 70s can....<BR/>To me to have the conference here is just a plain attempt to appease the rakyaat we are world class when factually we are not<BR/>Stop these play acting, and start working hard to bring back UM to its former glory!<BR/><BR/>Words are cheap! Words are plenty!<BR/><BR/>Even at the ground breaking ceremony of University Darul Naim, even before the eggs are even laid, and not even hatches...all those big words of "world class" and " standard" are already mentioned!<BR/><BR/>My God! Are we all blind to see the truth? Cant we read the writings on the wall? Are we continually kidding ourselves?<BR/><BR/>Must we all have the "HASHIM BILL BOARD SYNDROME"?<BR/><BR/>Will Pak Lah and all those powerful shoguns in the education industry see truth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com