Non-Malay vice-chancellors in public universities will reflect us as a multiracial nation

I READ with much empathy the letter “Appoint non-Malays as university vice-chancellors” by Datuk Seri Azman Ujang (The Star, June 12, 2021). He proposed that the government should take the historic step of appointing non-Malay professors as vice-chancellors of some of our public universities, saying that “This is indeed not only long overdue, but very, very long overdue...”.

Datuk Seri Azman believes that breaking this glass ceiling once and for all would move us towards a more inclusive education ecosystem befitting the multiracial nation that we are. However, I want to add that any non-Malay academicians appointed as vice-chancellors must be through their own merits and not because of ethnicity. But I am sure there are many qualified for the posts, as some of them have been appointed as vice-chancellors of renowned universities overseas.