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Varsity courses to be put under microscope
2009/09/23 NSTOnline
PUTRAJAYA: All higher education institutions, both private and public, must take part in the Rating System for Malaysian Higher Education Institutions (Setara) to further improve the quality of education. Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Khaled Nordin said currently it was not compulsory for private universities to be evaluated through Setara, but by May next year, it would be made compulsory."We are now meeting with all the chief executive officers of the private universities to let them know that their courses would be analysed under the Setara programme."The courses would undergo a quantitative survey where data collected would be analysed based on six areas -- academic staff, student selectivity, research, academic programmes, resources and management. Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin says the Setara system will improve quality of education. He said this would help bring Malaysia closer to achieving its target of becoming an international education hub. The minister said there were 65 higher learning institutions nationwide."We don't want people to see the programme (Setara) as a ranking system, instead it should be looked at as a guideline towards providing quality education. On the increasing number of foreign students choosing to study in Malaysia, Khaled said the government welcomed them but local universities should be more vigilant and choose only the best students to avoid complaints of unruly foreign students in the country. "Universities should make sure these students are the cream of the crop and have a record of good behaviour before being allowed to study here. "He added that the Malaysian government only sent good students abroad and there were hardly any, or no complaints, about Malaysian students misbehaving abroad.
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