Enhancing financial sustainability in higher education


HIGHER Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir’s (pic) recent directions for Malaysian higher education present a significant opportunity to shed outdated practices and embrace meaningful change.

His introduction of new programmes and acronyms, such as Research, Development, Innovation, Commercialisation and National Economy (RDICE) units, iFuture, and IoC, may raise questions about their novelty, yet they undeniably reflect a strong commitment to progress.

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