Need to address other aspects of education

I REFER to the letter “Our education is world-class” by Chan Weng Kit of Ipoh (The Star, March 4).

I hail from an era (1970s) where local universities were overwhelmingly the first choice rather than foreign universities. Although I had an overseas tertiary education, I do acknowledge that there are aspects of the Malaysian education system that are noteworthy and indeed there are even pockets of excellence within the system.