Thursday October 30, 2008
The Higher Education Ministry has laid out plans to facethe financial crisis, including attracting more foreign students andincreasing graduate employability, said Minister Datuk Seri MohamedKhaled Nordin."Malaysia is intensifying its effort to attract foreign students,especially from Africa and the Middle East, since this will contributegrowth to its economy," he said at the Regional Focal Points(Asia/Pacific) meeting opening ceremony yesterday."Under the Iskandar Malaysia growth corridor, certain areas have beenearmarked for foreign universities to set up their campuses," he said.Khaled said though there may be some repercussions of a recession onuniversities and colleges, students should not be too affected asthere were many options to gain tertiary education."Our net is very wide, if students cannot get into universities, theycan still enrol in polytechnic institutions and community colleges."From past experience, we have seen higher enrolment of studentsduring economic downturn so my department has told institutions ofhigher learning to be ready for an increase in enrolment," he said.On another issue, Khaled said the ministry would be bidding toestablish a Commonwealth tertiary education centre in the country tocollect and share information in the area of education knowledge andpolicy among Commonwealth countries.The suggestion of a facility was brought up at the 16th Conference ofCommonwealth Education Ministers.
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