DAP MP wants Kamalanathan to provide accurate answers on placement of students in universities
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PETALING JAYA: Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan came under intense fire for giving a feeble answer when questioned about the student placement system for Malaysian universities.
Despite contrary opinions from political leaders and parents, Kamalanathan maintained, “Selection of students by IPTA (Institutions of Higher Learning) is based on merit.”
He also stressed, “…applicants with the highest results will be considered and offered a place, regardless of religion, race, gender, heritage, state of origin, place of abode or lifestyle.”
Pouncing on the minister’s response, Beruas MP Ngeh Koo Ham fired back saying, “We want accurate answers but his reply was arrogant and does not reflect the truth.
“He does not deserve to be a minister.”
Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin also entered the fray, citing cases of excellent students who were denied entry to courses of their choice while others received no offer at all.
Insisting Sim’s statements were untrue, the deputy minister explained, “This merit system considers a student’s qualification based on 90 percent academic and 10 percent co-curriculum achievements to ensure that IPTA produces well-rounded, holistic graduates.”
Sim, who had set up a complaints panel after the August intake, said that he received more than 200 complaints within 10 days, many of which were from students who had not received any placement at all despite achieving top marks in their exams.
A large number of grievances also came from students who did not get their choice of courses.
“And it is not only the non-Bumiputera students who have these problems. Bumiputeras and students from Sabah and Sarawak are facing the same problem,” Sim said, attributing the reason to a disorganised University Placement Unit system.
Ngeh added that the deputy minister needed to quell speculations that the lower intake numbers were due to a reduction in budget or the government’s quest for higher world rankings.
“These speculations need to be addressed intelligently,” stressed Ngeh.
PETALING JAYA: Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan came under intense fire for giving a feeble answer when questioned about the student placement system for Malaysian universities.
Despite contrary opinions from political leaders and parents, Kamalanathan maintained, “Selection of students by IPTA (Institutions of Higher Learning) is based on merit.”
He also stressed, “…applicants with the highest results will be considered and offered a place, regardless of religion, race, gender, heritage, state of origin, place of abode or lifestyle.”
Pouncing on the minister’s response, Beruas MP Ngeh Koo Ham fired back saying, “We want accurate answers but his reply was arrogant and does not reflect the truth.
“He does not deserve to be a minister.”
Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin also entered the fray, citing cases of excellent students who were denied entry to courses of their choice while others received no offer at all.
Insisting Sim’s statements were untrue, the deputy minister explained, “This merit system considers a student’s qualification based on 90 percent academic and 10 percent co-curriculum achievements to ensure that IPTA produces well-rounded, holistic graduates.”
Sim, who had set up a complaints panel after the August intake, said that he received more than 200 complaints within 10 days, many of which were from students who had not received any placement at all despite achieving top marks in their exams.
A large number of grievances also came from students who did not get their choice of courses.
“And it is not only the non-Bumiputera students who have these problems. Bumiputeras and students from Sabah and Sarawak are facing the same problem,” Sim said, attributing the reason to a disorganised University Placement Unit system.
Ngeh added that the deputy minister needed to quell speculations that the lower intake numbers were due to a reduction in budget or the government’s quest for higher world rankings.
“These speculations need to be addressed intelligently,” stressed Ngeh.
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