KUALA LUMPUR: The “single window single offer” initiative is expected to begin next year, says Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.
“This year, the focus mainly involves discussions, particularly those related to the necessary legal provisions.
"We expect that implementation can take place next year once the first phase, which relates to technical and management matters, has been fully resolved,” the Higher Education minister told a press conference in Parliament on Wednesday (Feb 25).
He also expressed hope to iron out the issues related to the teachers, including salary schemes, once the Form 6 and matriculation pre-university pathways are transferred to his ministry from the Education Ministry.
“However, what I want to emphasise here is that matriculation and STPM are considered pre-university programmes. Therefore, they should not be regarded as part of a university scheme,” he said.
As for the qualification of teachers, he said a degree is the minimum qualification for lecturers as per the requirements of the Higher Education Ministry.
“At this stage, there will be no change, as most teachers teaching in matriculation and Form Six already hold degree qualifications. Therefore, there is no issue in terms of meeting the necessary qualification requirements,” he said.
Earlier, Zambry told the Dewan Rakyat that the “single window single offer system” will be implemented for Form Six and matriculation applications, once the two pre-university pathways are transferred to his ministry.
He said that with the system, students would obtain only one offer based on their results, ensuring meritocracy.
“With the Single Window Single Offer system, there will not be two separate evaluation systems for entering the institutions,” he added.
However, Zambry said the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) evaluation for both pathways, as well as foundation courses, will remain unchanged.
He was responding to a question from Azli Yusof (PH-Shah Alam) on whether there will be changes to the evaluation criteria of the three pre-university pathways and if there are plans to standardise the curricula of all three courses.
