All in all, there are around 20 public universities, 414 private colleges, 47 private universities, 34 university-colleges and 11 foreign university campuses.
Teluk Intan, in south-west Perak, has two university branch campuses: Universiti Teknologi Mara Teluk Intan campus of the Faculty of Medicine and the RM15 million Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Teluk Intan Campus Community Health Centre. Not to forget the Teluk Intan university, which was promised at the last by-election held in Teluk Intan.
Kampar, which is south of Ipoh, has the Perak campus of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. Tanjung Malim, on the border with Selangor, has Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris . Upsi started off in 1922 as a teacher’s training college, and is known as one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in Malaysia.
The country has many universities, but is the education ministry able to confirm that all of them meet world-class standards? Are the graduates able to find jobs when they leave university? Didn’t the ministry heed the warning signs when a few years ago, 1,000 trainee doctors had to leave their profession because of their poor proficiency in English?
Ahmad Faizal should prioritise the needs of the electorate. There is little point wasting time and money churning out half-baked graduates. It would be more profitable to ensure that our children have good teachers and facilities so that they can gain a sound education and good communications skills, and have good employment prospects.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.
Growing of technical based university is needed only if more job opportunities are coming to Perak. If not, we are adding awhite elephant to Perak; nothing more. Encourage the uni setter to bring in industries also and it will grow our supply chain.
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