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Above article is about Gini Coefficient in Malaysia I wrote several years ago, I summarized its few points here for non-Chinese readers,
1. Malaysia is the second highest Gini Coefficient (second worst) in Asia.
2. 15% of have or rich people with GDP per Capita of USD 36,784 while another 85% have-not with USD 1,623 GDP per capita.
3. The rich to poor gap is 22.7 times.
I think this is another election-induced policy to bait some urban Chinese and Indians with cash.
UMNO’s sole goal is to create a huge number of Malays, Ibans and Kadasans who cannot read, speak and write English in the semi-urban and rural areas and another Malay, Chinese and Indian small elite group in cities.
The poor group continued to be brainwashed by UMNO for the power continuity by making 99% low and middle income Chinese and Indian as its punching bag.
I hope more urban Malays should work harder by “de-intoxicated” rural Malays tainted by UMNO propaganda machine.
Putrajaya scraps local student quota in international schools
By Anisah Shukry
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Malaysia’s ambitions to be a regional education hub has received a boost with Putrajaya scrapping the 40 per cent cap for local students to enrol in international schools nationwide “with immediate effect”.
The New Sunday Times today quoted Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong as saying the move is in line with the government’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).
“We have to compete with neighbouring countries in the educational field,” he said, pointing out that Singapore and Thailand had already lifted their quotas.
He added the decision also followed requests from Malaysian parents for more places for their children in international schools, which number almost 100 nationwide.
The weekly also quoted Sri Kuala Lumpur International School chief executive Hanif Othman Merican as saying that while he welcomed the move, they had not received an official directive from the ministry yet.
But Parent Action Group for Education president Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahman told The New Sunday Times that she opposed the move as it would create “a new social divide between communities of different socio-economic levels”.
She said that only children who cannot afford the international school fees will remain in national schools, which will result in reduced competitiveness among the students there.
They all supported PTPTN when Anwar tabled the bill in the parliament, but they are the same ones who wanted to write off PTPTN loan indiscriminately.
This is why I always say I trust prostitutes who deliver service after being paid more than politicians.
I do not support to cancel repayment for PTPTN loan because the money is from our pocket and unfair to those already repaid PTPTN loan. Every single cent loaned out has to be returned to rakyat under the full accountability principle.
I propose below formula for new government for future education policy,
- 100% free education including tuition fee and living expenses should be limited to families with less than RM3000 monthly household income.
- For families with income in the bracket RM3001 to RM4000 are entitled to 70% subsidy, 60% for RM4001-5000 and 50% for RM5001-RM10000.
- Zero subsidy for families with more than RM10,001 household monthly income and all foreign students.
The Parliament’s hansard showed DAP Adviser Lim Kit Siang and his son Guan Eng had supported the bill of the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN), when it was tabled in the parliament in 1997.
The hansard, dated 14 May, 1997 stated that, Kit Siang and Guan Eng had both proposed that a higher allocation be provided for the PTPTN instead of RM100 million startup as proposed in the bill.
The hansard reads: “(Tuan Lim Kit Siang [Tanjong]: Tuan Yang di-Pertua, saya mengalu-alukan Rang Undang Undang Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional untuk memperuntukkan satu tabung bagi membenarkan anak-anak kita berpeluang melanjutkan pendidikan tinggi dan menyediakan bantuan kewangan melalui pinjaman pendidikan atau selainnya kepada pelajar yang menuntut di institusi-institusi pengajian tinggi.(Tuan Lim Kit Siang [Tanjong]: Tuan Yang di-Pertua, I welcome the Bill of the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) to provide the opportunity for our children to pursue higher education and provide financial assistance through loans or otherwise to the education of students who are studying in institutions of higher learning.”)
The hansard had stated that Kit Siang had said that the RM100 million startup allocation for the PTPTN as contained in the bill was insufficient and it should be increased to RM500 million.
His son Guan Eng was reported in the hansard of proposing a higher quantum than that by his father.
Guan Eng, was recorded as saying: “RM100 million is not enough. If the government is really sincere, they should consider to start at least with the amount of RM1 billion”.
The bill was then tabled by Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak who was the Minister of Education.
Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who had raised issue with the PTPTN and had promised to abolish it if the opposition takes over the nation’s rule, was the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister when the bill was tabled in 1997.
In fact, he was the acting Prime Minister then.
This was pointed out by Dr Mahathir who said he was on a two-month leave when the bill was tabled and Anwar was then the acting Prime Minister.
Dr Mahathir in a Bernama report, said: “That is Anwar. He doesn’t know what is he talking about; he is forgetful”.
Source: http://www.mole.my/content/hansard-shows-opposition-supported-ptptn
Billions saved from subsidies in tuition fees given to foreign students will be able to pay for a big chuck of PTPTN.
All foreign students have to pay 100% costs compared to current 5-10%. Foreign students including Malaysians have to pay hefty tuition fees in China, UK, Australia, etc.
Abolishment of PTPTN may impact on education cost – Mahathir
News 2012-04-16 16:11
KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (Bernama) — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said students who wanted the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) to be abolished should return their loans or refrain from taking it, rather than take to the streets to demonstrate.
The former prime minister said, those who suggested that the government do away with the PTPTN, should look into ways of supporting these students financially.
He said, the abolishment of PTPTN would have an impact, not only on the cost of education, but also in distributing the benefits which would also benefit the rich.
“If you abolish it, you have to replace it with something else that could be more costly, for example, giving free education to everyone. In this case, even the rich will enjoy,” he told reporters here today.
Earlier, Dr Mahathir chaired a high level strategy session for the select group titled, ‘Drivers of the New Economic Landscape on the Home and Global Front – A Malaysian Private Sector’s Dilemma’, organised by the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia here today.
Dr Mahathir said the aim of PTPTN was to help the poor get better education at university level, adding that it was the responsibility of the Malaysian Government to help the poor.
“The idea of having PTPTN is to help people who are unable to pay for a good education, but if the fees are free, the rich will also receive the same benefit, and this is not fair to the poor.
“Why should we help the rich? We should help the poor, PTPTN is for the poor,” he stressed.
On the abolishment of the Internal Security Act (ISA) for replacement by the Security Offences Act tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today, Dr Mahathir said he did not want to comment on the new law since he had not studied it.
On the ISA, he said: “It is not the ISA which was the problem. It is the way it was implemented.
“As you know, the Americans have a much tougher ISA than us, they have detained (detainees) without trial. The people in Guantanamo Bay, for the past 10 years, have not faced a trial and nothing…what more, they allowed torture while being detained (under detention).”
“I called the Harvard College Admissions Office and was told that although they received applications from Malaysian students, no one was shortlisted for interviews as they are not considered competitive enough,” he told The Star.
Muhyddin may argue the academic standard of Harvard University is worst than UiTM. 
More A scorers in SPM mean nothing if our score A students cannot compete with students from other countries. UMNO is good to produce “jaguh kampung”!
An ex-colleague of mine from a Chinese Independent School graduated from Harward University. I am not sure how he enrolled into Harward U since Chinese Independent School is still not recognized by Bolehland.
No Malaysian in Harvard for second consecutive year
KUALA LUMPUR: For the second consecutive year, no Malaysian student has gained admission into Harvard University.
Datuk Dr Goh Cheng Teik, who heads the selection panel that interviews students for undergraduate admission into the university, said this was due to the deteriorating quality of applicants from Malaysia.
“I called the Harvard College Admissions Office and was told that although they received applications from Malaysian students, no one was shortlisted for interviews as they are not considered competitive enough,” he told The Star.
Dr Goh said former SMK Damansara Jaya student Avinaash Subramaniam was the last Malaysian to be accepted into Harvard in 2010.
Avinaash obtained 11A’s in the 2008 SPM and was awarded a full scholarship.
Harvard Club of Malaysia honorary secretary Nicholas Khaw, who is also an interviewer on the panel, said from 1985 to 2010, at least one applicant from Malaysia had been admitted into Harvard College every year. (Harvard College is the undergraduate school at Harvard University.)
In 2009, he said two students gained admission into Harvard.
According to a statement issued by the interview panel, a total of 30,489 and 34,950 applications were received by Harvard University in 2010 and 2011 with 6.9% and 6.3% gaining admission respectively.
It said among South-East Asian countries, Singapore has the highest number of students in Harvard College with 18, followed by Thailand (seven), Vietnam (six), Malaysia (five) and Indonesia (two).
Harvard Club of Malaysia executive committee member Wan Nadiah Wan Mohd encouraged Malaysian students to apply for admission into the university.
She said Harvard University this year awarded a total of US$172mil (RM531.48mil) in scholarships to 60% of its incoming students.
Wan Nadiah, who is also an interviewer, said students are encouraged to begin preparations for applications to Harvard at least six months before the application is due.
The application deadline for the 2013 intake is Jan 1 next year and further information can be found at http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/todays_harvard/index.html
What is quality? Meeting the customer requirement is one of them.
No doubt, there are a small percentage local smart students can enroll into world-class top universities and compete with any top students from other countries. I knew a junior completed his PhD in Cambridge in one year and three months after his basic degree.
Do you think Malaysian students in average is performed better than students in US, Britian and Germany?
I beg to differ with “Malay first” Muhyiddin Yassin on our education quality rating for below reasons,
- Our students are still learning by rote.
- Our students are still lacking hands-on practical experience.
- Lack of problem solving skill and analytical thinking among our students.
- Poor in English language.
The best disapprove evidence is Najib, Muhyddin, Nazri, etc. sent their children to overseas for secondary and tertiary education.
Muhyiddin: Our education system is one of the best
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian youngsters are receiving better education than children in the United States, Britain and Germany.
Quoting the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness report, Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysia was ranked 14th among 142 countries and second in Asean for quality education.
“For those who have come to me complaining about our education system, it seems the report contradicts their claims,” he said when closing a national higher education carnival at the Putra World Trade Centre here yesterday.
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Muhyiddin, who is Deputy Prime Minister, reiterated the Government’s commitment to give quality and affordable education to every citizen.
“Only with quality education can we increase the nation’s intellectual and human capital capabilities towards becoming a high-income nation by 2020,” he said.
“As we head there, wages will go up and labour intensive industries will become less competitive as investors look elsewhere for cheaper labour,” added Muhyiddin.
“Our nation’s success will be determined by our ability to produce intelligent, highly skilled workers for these industries.
“In this context, investment in the education sector is critical,” he said.
At another function, Muhyiddin called for closer rapport between the public and the police to combat crime.
“Once a close relationship is fostered, the community will not hesitate to work together with the police to relay information on crime as well as participate in crime prevention activities,” he said when opening the 19th annual general meeting of the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF).
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