The 26,635 students who applied to enter apex-status Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) must not miss the Malaysian University Selection Inventory (Munsyl) special assessment test tomorrow.
USM deputy vice-chancellor (Academic and International Affairs) Prof Ahmad Shukri Mustapa Kamal said the test would enable them to select applicants who were suitable for the course they had opted for.
“Anyone who misses the test will miss a chance to study in USM. It’s just a one-hour test and it is to help the university and applicants make the right choice.”
He said USM had selected 117 locations nationwide for the applicants to attend the assessment tomorrow.
“Only 3,500 applicants will be picked to enrol in the university. The applicants will know their status at the end of this month.”
Prof Ahmad Shukri said unsuccessful applicants would have their applications submitted to the University Admission Unit (UPU) for other public universities.
He said those sitting for the Munsyl must print the attending slip from www.usm.my, bring their identification card, pencils and erasers to sit for the assessment.
“The location for them to sit the assessment can be found online,” he said, adding that the university had sent out SMSes to the candidates
April 17, 2009
Students can contact Dep Higher Education Minister at Facebook
University students who wish to bring up grievances regarding their tertiary institutions may do so by directly contacting Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah through Facebook.
He will be live on Facebook every first and third Wednesday of the month from 10 to 11 pm.
He will be live on Facebook every first and third Wednesday of the month from 10 to 11 pm.
Education Ministry to help develop Permata Pintar programme
The Education Ministry will help develop the national Permata Pintar programme to improve early education among children aged below five.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also the Education Minister, said this did not mean that the ministry would take over the running of the programme.
“We want to further expand the concept of early education. The Education Ministry has been entrusted with the responsibility to help programmes like this for children below five,” he said after closing the international conference on Early Childhood Education and Care.
He commended Permata patron Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, for establishing Permata centres and formulating the national policy on early childhood education and care, and its curriculum which advocated holistic development for children below five.
“While we have done very well in pre-school right up to secondary education, it is thus very timely for us now to focus our attention on early childhood education for children,” he said.
Muhyiddin said Malaysia was one of the countries with the “highest enrolled and continued education (survival) rate” out of 56 countries in a Education for All assessment undertaken by Unesco and Unicef.
“We are also fortunate that there is no gender discrimination and boys and girls have equal opportunities for education,” he said adding that the Unesco Education for All global monitoring report 2006 noted that enrolment for five-year-olds in Malaysia was among the highest in South-East Asia.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also the Education Minister, said this did not mean that the ministry would take over the running of the programme.
“We want to further expand the concept of early education. The Education Ministry has been entrusted with the responsibility to help programmes like this for children below five,” he said after closing the international conference on Early Childhood Education and Care.
He commended Permata patron Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, for establishing Permata centres and formulating the national policy on early childhood education and care, and its curriculum which advocated holistic development for children below five.
“While we have done very well in pre-school right up to secondary education, it is thus very timely for us now to focus our attention on early childhood education for children,” he said.
Muhyiddin said Malaysia was one of the countries with the “highest enrolled and continued education (survival) rate” out of 56 countries in a Education for All assessment undertaken by Unesco and Unicef.
“We are also fortunate that there is no gender discrimination and boys and girls have equal opportunities for education,” he said adding that the Unesco Education for All global monitoring report 2006 noted that enrolment for five-year-olds in Malaysia was among the highest in South-East Asia.
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