Although the top brass of private IPTs were largely positive to the ministry’s proposed incentives, not all were as keen in acclimatising to the new requirements.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung has urged private higher education institutions (IPTS) to update their IPT Formation Management System (IFMS) data online.
For the first time, a local public university grants autonomy to one of its faculties. THE PUTRA Business school, has become the first private entity within a public university.
First, the law creates a paradox between state and private higher education institutions. Article 74 of the law stipulates that state higher education institutions have to receive at least 20 percent of their total enrollment from the economically disadvantaged, not from those who have high academic potential.
Private universities and colleges are against a proposal by the Higher Education Ministry to collect bonds from them, with a view to providing students with a safety net.
The 323 Malaysian students from Universitas Andalas in Padang can continue their studies at some local private institutions of higher learning (IPT) which are willing to absorb them.
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.
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.
A two-year moratorium on new private universities, university colleges and colleges will come into effect Friday, the Higher Education Ministry announced Tuesday.
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.
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.
While the 17 public universities and university colleges are rather autonomous and self-sufficient, never short of student enrolment and comfortably funded by the Government, the private sector feels somewhat like a stepchild in need of more attention.