tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post116411815006686079..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: Bad degrees drives out good degrees?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164345687714395602006-11-24T13:21:00.000+08:002006-11-24T13:21:00.000+08:00i hear of stories that some private colleges are s...i hear of stories that some private colleges are so aggressive that if the interested student can show them his admission offer letter from another highly-regarded competitor college, a similar offer for him can be churned out for the same course on the spot ..supporting documents to prove credentials ? .. show them another day another trip lah if forget to bring.. this is marketing strategy at its best ..better still if the first offer is from Oxford or Cambridge :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164273282245036622006-11-23T17:14:00.000+08:002006-11-23T17:14:00.000+08:00...he he, i can see TP grinning from ear to ear..w......he he, i can see TP grinning from ear to ear..with the above compliments<BR/><BR/>I took oxford english course in primary school, and use cambridge log book in secondary schoolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164257113551704062006-11-23T12:45:00.000+08:002006-11-23T12:45:00.000+08:00After reading about another Oxford fellow who is a...After reading about another Oxford fellow who is a son-in-law of someone, I am no longer impressed with Oxford.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I couldn't help it :)<BR/><BR/>But I am impressed with TP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164198363541331382006-11-22T20:26:00.000+08:002006-11-22T20:26:00.000+08:00I am very surprised that even intelligent oxford g...I am very surprised that even intelligent oxford graduate like TP can be conned by joker with fraud degree..<BR/><BR/>Oxford university must be not as good as before ;))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164169044676665152006-11-22T12:17:00.000+08:002006-11-22T12:17:00.000+08:00Somehow if you wonder why colleges do not refer to...Somehow if you wonder why colleges do not refer to the MES ie because it doesn't want to take the risk of losing a student. <BR/><BR/>A single student can bring in as much as RM20k of revenue to the colleges. Let's not only talk about Malaysian student. What about students from Africa, Asia Minor, the Middle East and other developing or underdevloped countries? As far as I know our colleges here do not have a system to check the authenticity of the certificate issued by institutions of learning from other countries.<BR/><BR/>I mean let's put it this way. If you lose your certificate issued from a local University, you would just have to pay a bit of money to a replication of the same certificate. Loose the original and then forged them with another name and then get a replacement copy. Easy!<BR/><BR/>With modern day media technology, one can do a lot of things! It is very easy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164163346246593512006-11-22T10:42:00.000+08:002006-11-22T10:42:00.000+08:00The day will come when vegetable sellers, bus driv...The day will come when vegetable sellers, bus drivers, rubbish collector and almost everyone will have strings of degrees behind their name.<BR/><BR/>As it is I heard graduates from our premier universities getting jobs as clerks and even as cyber cafe worker.<BR/><BR/>No point sending your children to do university studies and having loans up to your neck to settle with no jobs guaranteed. Rather use the money to buy car parking lots ak KL golden triangle and collect parking feesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164156172246929292006-11-22T08:42:00.000+08:002006-11-22T08:42:00.000+08:00I think its high time database such as SPM, STPM o...I think its high time database such as SPM, STPM or even college degrees can be made available with certain rules/regulations for example, the candidate/alumnus can authorise the other party to check/verify his/her degree online with a certain password valid for a period of time. This would enable them to check their cert/degree online.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure abt other colleges but The OU in UK allows me to log in online anytime to enable me to print my results. I can even show them to third parties if I give them my user id/password. <BR/><BR/>I recalled that as part of the award, I was required to sign papers to state that my results/degree will be made public once I accepted it. Not sure abt other schools.clkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700265260371403083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164144665047816532006-11-22T05:31:00.000+08:002006-11-22T05:31:00.000+08:00I think the idea of online result verification wit...I think the idea of online result verification with MES is really good, and it needs not raise concerns of privacy. <BR/><BR/>For an example, on each examination result slip, MES can attach a result-specific serial number which is generated by an algorithm according to the student's name <B>and</B> his / her results. <BR/><BR/>For the purpose of verification, the college administrator can then log on to the MES, provide the name and the serial number, and there should be an algorithm to decrypt the serial number and give the results. If the results is a fake, and provided that the serial-generating algorithm is not cracked easily, the fake certificates would have no chance of making it through.<BR/><BR/>In such a system, there isn't a need to store everyone's information in the database; instead, the verification system only has to do the decryption according to the serial number, which of course is safe unless you tell everyone in your blog. <BR/><BR/><BR/>p/s: Actually there are many other possible ways too.. for example they can have an offline database (online database is never a good idea without a solid defence from hackers). Then for the purpose of verification, students can apply for a seven-day authorisation code which is given to the college for the purpose of telephone verification. The list can go on.changyang1230https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033947855086870014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164134395518133902006-11-22T02:39:00.000+08:002006-11-22T02:39:00.000+08:00Actually, it wouldn't be very hard to forge a Camb...Actually, it wouldn't be very hard to forge a Cambridge degree - they look like a 12-yer-old designed them using MS Word!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164128581358167562006-11-22T01:03:00.000+08:002006-11-22T01:03:00.000+08:00heyhow about PhD frauds.. these are worse academic...hey<BR/><BR/>how about PhD frauds.. these are worse academic conmen .. read about one from China in the Star the other day.. haven't read about PhD conladies thoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1164126351780496172006-11-22T00:25:00.000+08:002006-11-22T00:25:00.000+08:00Haha... I was just about to blog on the same thing...Haha... I was just about to blog on the same thing! :) Saved me the effort then ;)<BR/><BR/>FYI, I was conned some 6 years ago by a "Francis" who claimed to have graduated from Harvard Business School, whose resume was forwarded by a headhunter. I hired him without first reviewing his certs, paid well and discovered after about six months, he was a total fraud. HBS confirmed no such alumnus using whichever permutations to his name. Went ahead to sue him for fraud, which he agreed to "settle" before trial commenced. But it was a good lesson for me, knowing the extent to which people were willing to go to earn a little extra bucks.<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely a lot more careful today :)Golf Afflictedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363347839543221577noreply@blogger.com