Major Revamp for Malaysian Higher Education

Looks like there will be some shake-ups in the Malaysian Higher Education system come August 27th.

Major plans to transform higher education

PETALING JAYA: Two comprehensive plans to transform the country's higher education will be launched on Aug 27.

The initiatives and programmes under the National Higher Education Strategic Plan and the National Higher Education Action Plan 2007 - 2010 include:

* Introducing greater transparency in the selection of senior management in public universities;

* The development of a national lifelong learning policy through the formation of a national committee;

* Exchange programmes where top students will be given the opportunity to spend at least one semester in selected top foreign universities to enrich their learning experience; and

* Industry attachment of lecturers to enable the secondment of academics to private sector organisations and vice versa.

"The strategic plan is broad and comprehensive encompassing new initiatives and enhancing existing programmes.

It also expresses the ministry's vision for the transformation of higher education from now until 2020," Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said in a statement Wednesday.

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