Tightening conditions for student and tourist visas is not the answer to curb the influx of foreign workers disguised as students, said an education group. The Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities (MAPCU) said the way to strike at the issue is to take drastic action against the culprits.
The Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities and 54 others yesterday obtained the green light from the High Court to quash a circular in relation to the new registration system of international students in local private institutions.
Adamson University topped the list of the 354 private schools which posted the highest increase in tuition at P131.19 per unit followed by Ateneo de Manila University at P118.25, Miriam College Foundation, P117.15, Dela Salle University, P106.20 and University of Sto. Tomas, P71.16, among others, that were allowed by the Commission on Higher Education.
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.
Malaysia has announced a two year moratorium on new private tertiary institutions with the aim to raise its status as an educational hub. “Highly rated” foreign campuses are exempt from the freeze.
Private medical colleges should increase the number of postgraduate medical programmes to commensurate with the increasing number of medical graduates in the country, said Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Khaled Nordin.
Back in the old says, it is very common for lecturers in public colleges to opt out to teach in the private sector. But nowadays, the situation seemed to have reversed.
An opposition MP today called on the education ministry to re-think its move to make Islamic Civilisation studies compulsory for local students in private universities.
The state government will study the need of the 13 private colleges before proper assistance are given to support the colleges in enhancing the state's higher learning education sector.
A new requirement that private colleges in Malaysia teach a compulsory course in Islamic and Asian Civilization Studies has been politically controversial. The move has been described as a step toward increasing "Islamization" of the country’s colleges, as The Malay Mail Online has reported, and some argue that the course should be an elective. Government officials reject the argument that non-Muslim students should not be required to take the course, saying that the course covers not only Islamic civilization but also Chinese, Indian and Malay civilizations, as the Star reported. The course is already required of all students in public institutions.
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.
Operators of private universities have voiced their concern over the move to make the Islamic and Asian Civilisation Studies (Titas) subject compulsory in private institutions of higher learning (IPTS).
An Islamic studies and Asian civilisation course, compulsory for students in Malaysia’s public universities, will also be mandatory for all private university students – including those at foreign branch campuses – from 1 September.
Two private universities which have been running homegrown law courses have defended their programmes, saying they have not placed any misleading information in their advertisement.
The Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities and 54 others last week obtained the green light from the High Court to quash a circular in relation to the new registration system for international students in local private institutions, writes Irdiani Mohd Salleh for New Straits Times.
A two-year moratorium on new private universities, university colleges and colleges will come into effect Friday, the Higher Education Ministry announced Tuesday.
With a limited local market and so many new private colleges opening up here, INTI College Sarawak might just be the first major casualty of the city’s extremely competitive private education sector.
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.
Educationists are caught in a minefield of conflicting opinion over the government's latest move to level the field between private and public universities.
Local private higher learning institutions (IPTS) in Sabah are in a dilemma over issues which are hampering efforts to promote Sabah as a hub of education excellence.