Kuching plays host to a myriad of private colleges – whether they are subsidiaries of universities or university colleges established in West Malaysia or private institutions that conduct franchised programmes from fully-fledged universities. BizHive Weekly talks to three major college players, namely Sunway College Kuching, Segi College Kuching and FTMS International Kuching, on their thoughts about the industry and future growth plans.
The National Union of Students of the Philippines challenged private higher education institutions (HEIs) to follow the move of the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) to implement a tuition hike moratorium.
Khaled also said that there are 130,000 places available at the 37 private universities, 20 university colleges, 418 private colleges and seven international branch campuses in the country.