Industry practitioners bridge knowledge gap

Lecturers who join academia with relevant academic qualifications and work experience are a boon to students

Getting it right

Paving the Way Forward

A new roadmap has been launched to help private higher education institutions come out on top, especially now in times of trouble.

Road to success

The private higher education sector now has their own framework to make it more robust and relevant in today’s world.

Colleges challenge new conditions set by registrar

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities and 54 others have been allowed to challenge the Registrar-General of Private Higher Educa-tional Institutions (PHEI) imposing additional conditions for registration of international students.

Minister: Foreign students have to pass BM in public and private varsities

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign students in both public and private tertiary institutions now have to pass a course in Bahasa Melayu Communi­cation.

Briefly

Perks for private institutions

PRIVATE higher education was among the sectors to receive a fair share of Budget 2006, with incentives for private education operators, academics and parents.

Clarifying LAN issues

From ZITA MOHD FAHMI, Secretary / General Manager, Lembaga Akreditasi Negara

Shorter wait for twinning course conversion

Private higher education institutions (PHEIs) can now apply to convert their 2+1 courses to 3+0 programmes after running them for just three years.