tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post8960537117897205984..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: 5 Priorities on Higher Education IssuesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-78200295534035965002008-04-17T16:15:00.000+08:002008-04-17T16:15:00.000+08:00I agree with Anushia Senthe. Whatever you do for t...I agree with Anushia Senthe. Whatever you do for the higher education would be futile if you don't improve the primary schools. Stupid gov't is much more concerned with sending a man to space than to improve schools all over the country! Our priorities are skewed...<BR/><BR/>Also, I agree with "I Talk-You Do".. and yet, no one has noticed this big error by DSAI..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-16553760858372928302008-03-23T23:26:00.000+08:002008-03-23T23:26:00.000+08:00Don't forget.Today's education system is still lin...Don't forget.<BR/>Today's education system is still linked to the policies that set by Anuar Ibrahim when he was the education minister once upon a time. <BR/><BR/>He may be forget what ever he did once upon a time, but the victim like me, will not forget.<BR/><BR/>www.6sigmaforum.blogspot.comI Talk - You Dohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422269703946021010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-23342372010039769432008-03-23T21:22:00.000+08:002008-03-23T21:22:00.000+08:00I think the ideas you have proposed here are great...I think the ideas you have proposed here are great. <BR/>Given my area of specialization - which is teacher education, I have greater concerns with regards to the quality of pre-primary, primary and secondary education.<BR/>Simply put, if the quality of students we are feeding into the higher education system is not of a credible standard, we are still going to have an uphill battle. <BR/>In the education field we tend to refer to this as 'fire-fighting'. <BR/>At these basic levels I would also suggest a complete review of the following : <BR/>1. Curriculum Orientation<BR/>2. Teacher Recruitment, Training and Promotion <BR/>3. Evaluation Systems to ensure Quality Education Standards <BR/>4. Ranking and Benchmarking of schools<BR/>5. Effective Regulation of Private and International SchoolsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-21784846260378758152008-03-21T21:46:00.000+08:002008-03-21T21:46:00.000+08:00How about reforming the tenure system in Malaysia?...How about reforming the tenure system in Malaysia? See my post here<BR/><BR/>http://tempinis.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/reform-of-the-tenure-system-in-malaysian-universities/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-50386373567232067982008-03-21T13:13:00.000+08:002008-03-21T13:13:00.000+08:00Yes, we have heard of corruption at universities. ...Yes, we have heard of corruption at universities. This pertains to allocation of canteens, university shops, etc which need under table money to get them. We also heard of staff from bursary dept. giving the project to their friends or family members and getting a cut out of it. Some are even bold enough to give to their own companies. <BR/><BR/>Lecturers also force students to buy their books, etc.. Would this also be considered as corruption? <BR/><BR/>It all boils down to leadership and the VCs. They do not have leadership and allow their staff members to be corrupted. If they impose transparency and quality in all aspects in their universities, things will not be that bad. <BR/><BR/>As already suggested by some writers, make sure promotion at universities is transparent. We want to know why a person has been made VC, prof. or AP. We want to know if they truly deserve it. As practiced by some universities, they get their cronies to do their evaluation. If they like the candidate, they will give the promotion. If not, they will get their cronies not to give a good evaluation. Some universities also give promotion easier than others. I like Tok Pah’s suggestion to standardize promotion and an external board will evaluate all promotions. This will maintain some form of quality. I hope the new Minister of Higher Education will see to the suggestion being implemented.<BR/><BR/>Also, there is a growing trend of forcing university staff members and students to go for BTN courses. These are the most racist of all courses and the people running them are also racists. I will not be surprised there will be more of these courses in line for universities since BN lost 5 states. There will want to use BTN to brainwash academics and students for the next election. I hope Tony and Kian Ming will look into this. We are just so sick of racism and low quality in so many things in this country. We certainly do not need BTN to create more problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com