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.
MCA Vice President, Gan Ping Sieu, urges the Ministry of Education to withdraw its decision to make Tamadun Islam a compulsory subject for all local students studying in private institutes of higher learning (IPTS) effective 1 September 2013.
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.
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).
Educationists are caught in a minefield of conflicting opinion over the government's latest move to level the field between private and public universities.
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.