One portfolio which has been looked upon as highly important is Education, because it involve's the interest of every citizen. On the latest Cabinet line-up, it has been merged with Higher Education, probably to make it more streamlined with all levels from pre-education to tertiary education.
However, in terms of effectiveness, it remains to be seen. The rationale for the creation of the Ministry of Higher Education was to have a better focus on the development of tertiary education,especially with the increase of private tertiary institutions which mushroomed to proportions never imagined by the country before. It was in line with the goal of making the country the hub for tertiary education. I suppose now the emphasis is now less, because the multiplication of tertiary institutions without effective control on quality and type of students which they try to attract have not seen the desired results.
Now with the merger, we hope that our aim to upgrade the quality and make our tertiary institutions amongst the best in the world will remain steadfast and not be relegated to something less important.
It is a small village in the kecamatan of Tambusai, Kabupaten Rokan Hulu in the Province of Riau, Sumatra. During the Padri Wars of 1830's , Tuanku Tambusai (aka known as Fakeh Hj Muhammad Salleh ) fought the Dutch forces together with Imam Bonjol and Tuanku Rao in West Sumatra and in Northern Sumatra .The last defence was in Benteng 7 Lapis,Daludalu which fell in 1838. He escaped capture and came to Malaya. He was buried in Rasah in 1882.
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Dear Hal, I can't say much about this subject other than to lament on the steps to be undertaken to improve English. Nothing that I see of any innovative initiatives this far. If there are then info ought to be enhanced.
Hank
Education was in one ministry until someone who felt good to split, resulting in one running left and the other right.
At one time the minister was an import, a prpfessional. I thought that was going well because the man knew what was needed to produce good education. Then a bright PM thought two chefs were better than one.
Personally, for certain ministries I prefer to see one sweating over his task instead of broadcasting his grand plans. I am beginning to hear that now. We will see.
Indeed, it is everyone's cup of tea, Akhi. You brew some and here I am having my first cup!
Dear Pak Cik,
The comment is very pertinent. In fact when I was serving the Education Ministry, I was dealing with higher education and it was manageable under one Minister. But then it was when we had only five public universities and no private one totally. Dealing with such people who feel and rightly claim to have better appreciation of tertiary education, and for the purpose of allocation of resources, the split was inevitable because the burgeoning operating and development expenditure even for public institutions of higher learning was spiralling and ballooning. Dealing with public institutions is already a big headache, what more with private ones. The decision to separate the two was sheerly out of necessity. I feel the Ministry should not have been merged, because it is a step backward.
Dear Hank,
English is a necessity at tertiary level or else we would not be on the global map. To improve it must start from the basic level and not just at the tertiary level.
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