Education in Malaysia

  • Why Malaysian Universities Are Performing Poorly

    MALAYSIA, 2016/03/20 Malaysian public universities have dropped in the Times Higher Education University Rankings over the last few years. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) made 87th position in 2013, but as at 2015, no Malaysian university made the top 100 Asian rankings. Malaysian public universities have as well shown mixed results in other rankings like the QS rankings, where three Malaysian universities had slight rises in their rankings, while Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), International Islamic Universiti Malaysia (IIUM), and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), all slipped in rankings from previous years. No Malaysian university made the top 100, According to the QS ranking profiles, Malaysian universities have lost significant ground in academic reputation and tend to be weak in research, where no Malaysian university reached the top 400.

  • The Malaysian vocational education system

    MALAYSIA, 2013/06/14 The government has vowed to expand the Malaysian vocational education system to help bridge the widening gap between the request for skilled labour and the available pool of trained workers. According to the Educational Blueprint 2013-25, approved by the cabinet before this year, Malaysia has a skilled labour shortage of additional than 700,000 workers, a figure set to be pushed far higher in coming years. Up to 3.3m new positions are expected to be added to the workforce by 2020, with at least 46% of them requiring jobholders to be trained to vocational diploma or certificate standard. By contrast, the education roadmap estimates that just 22% of new jobs created up until 2020 will require university degrees.

  • Malaysian Female Shariah scholars see gender gap closing (5/1/2011)

    MALAYSIA, 2011/01/05 Asian Islamic financial institutions are attracting additional female executives and scholars to fill a shortage of talent, setting a precedent for companies in the Middle East. Malaysia’s Shariah Advisory Council appointed a second female scholar to its 11-member board in November. Indonesia has women on its panel of 35 experts, Ma’ruf Amin, chairman of the country’s National Shariah Council, said in an interview on December 30. Malaysia’s central bank and the securities commission are both headed by women, while Liza Mohd Noor is chief executive officer at RAM Rating Services, which provides ratings for Islamic bonds.
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