Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Origins of Malaysian Education System

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I must thank a reader rakyat for pointing out the following article written by Mr Yang Pei Keng (whom I have the privilege meeting a few y...
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Monday, September 05, 2005

"Provide Quality Education for All"

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There's a poignant human interest story in published in the Malay Mail yesterday. It's a story about a 12 year old boy whose family...
Sunday, September 04, 2005

Universiti Malaya: 6th Most International University?

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The previous blog posts on "Universiti Malaya: 89th or Nowhere?" Part I , II and III discussed the recent rankings study conduc...
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Saturday, September 03, 2005

How to Stem the Rot in Malaysian Higher Education?

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In an interview carried out with Malaysiakini, Prof P Ramasamy who has recently had his contract with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia unjus...
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Friday, September 02, 2005

Stricter Controls on E-Learning?

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The Star has reported that new guidelines will be formulated to regulate e-learning programmes to ensure Malaysia’s reputation as a centre ...
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Michael Schumacher "Racist" (?!)

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During the forum on higher education held last evening (which I mistakenly posted on this blog as a "English Forum" thinking that ...
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Thursday, September 01, 2005

Student vs Bogus Universities

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Further to my blog post on the bogus universities - "Irish International University" and "Cambridgeshire University", i...
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English Forum

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There's a Forum on the falling standards of English at our institutions of higher learning held this evening for those interested to att...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Merdeka

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Here's my simple Merdeka wish list for Education in Malaysia. 1. That young Malaysians of all races study in the same schools, share the...
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Bogus Universities? (III)

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In an issue that I almost completely forgot - the third instalment of the Bogus Universities post (see Part I and Part II ) - is to warn ov...
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The Separation of Races

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The Star published a series of articles yesterday relating to the inaugural convocation ceremony conducted by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman...
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Monday, August 29, 2005

“Malaysia's Races Live Peacefully -- But Separately”

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In an aptly titled article “Malaysia’s races live peacefully – but separately” published by AFP on today, probably in conjunction with Mala...
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Universiti Malaya: 89th or Nowhere? (Part III)

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Ong Kian Ming, currently pursuing his political science doctorate at Duke University has provided some more detailed analysis to my blog pos...
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Sunday, August 28, 2005

English Frenzy in Rural Malaysia?

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Well, yes, according to the regional newspaper, AsiaTimes on 25th August. The frenzy to catch up with English in rural Malaysia is more tha...
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Subsidised Nurseries

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As reported by both the Star and NST on Friday, low income parents can soon send their young children to community childcare centres while...