Friday March 31, 2006
Greater collaboration in store
GREATER collaboration in research will be undertaken between public institutions of higher education and the local industry and research institutes as well as with reputable foreign research institutions, universities and firms.
Private institutions of higher education will be encouraged to collaborate in research with public institutions of higher education.
Universiti Malaya, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia will be designated as research universities, and will be further developed to be on par with world-renowned universities.
Institutions of higher education will design their academic programmes and develop their curricula based on market requirement to ensure the employability of graduates.
These programmes will be implemented with greater collaboration and active support from industry and employer associations.
Public institutions of higher education and their academic and non-academic staff will increase global outlook and international engagement with renowned international institutions to enable them to benchmark with best practices globally.
The public university governance system will be reviewed to create an environment that encourages, among others, institutional diversity, creativity and innovativeness in the pursuit of excellence.
In addition, students will be given early exposure to workplace environment through a minimum of four months internship and structured attachment programmes.
The number of academic staff with PhD qualification in public universities will be increased to achieve the target of 60% of total academic staff by 2010 with private education providers also encouraged to do the same thing.
Institutions of higher education will undertake measures to increase the proficiency of students in English and enhance their ability to access knowledge and undertake research.
Languages such as Mandarin, Tamil and Arabic as well as other foreign languages will be offered to undergraduates to encourage multilingualism in order to be competitive in the global market.
A dedicated agency will be established to promote and export higher education through more strategic marketing and branding of educational products in order to attract a target of 100,000 foreign students at all levels including the school level by 2010.
More high-end courses with competitive fee structures to attract foreign students will also feature prominently.
In addition, to improve the planning, designing and implementation of training programmes, the management information system in training agencies will be strengthened and the National Advisory Council on Education and Training will be established.
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