Nilai ijazah dulu dan sekarang

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Posted on 2 March 2014 - 06:23pm              
R. Nadeswaran

         
                                                               
      
         
      
                                                                    IN the good old days, finding a place in the country's three government universities was the case of being "among the best". First, there was the Senior Cambridge examination and finishing with good grades to find a place in a government school to finish the Higher School Certificate (HSC).
Those who did not make the cut, had to go to private schools or the Further Education Class to complete the HSC. Even then, a place in university was not guaranteed.
The crème de la crème in the science stream ended up doing medicine or engineering while the lesser qualified found themselves in courses like Botany, Zoology and Bio-Chemistry.
In the Arts Stream, the best went to the Law Faculty while the next tier did Geography, Literature and related courses.
Of course, those from wealthy families were sent overseas.
In short, the entry requirements brought about the best talents available who were bi-lingual and competent to pursue tertiary education. Hence the quality of graduates, many of whom went to hold high office in both the public and private sector.
These days, entry qualifications have been lowered for political expediency. A minimum of four credits at the Senior Cambridge equivalent of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia, jettisons one into a "university" where he or she is able to pursue a degree course.
The word university is used in inverted commas because the qualities of many of its graduates come under a cloud. Not many years ago, the senior partner of a law firm showed me a "joint application" to do chambering – two different photographs and CVs enclosed in one letter!
A veteran of the advertising industry went into academia after retirement only to quit in a huff after a stint in a private university which boasts of students from dozens of countries.
"I was told that all the students had to be 'passed'. My conscience wouldn't allow me to do that. So, I did the next best thing. Under the pretext of revising for the exams, the class discussed seven questions a week before the exams proper.
"All seven questions appeared in their question paper and students had to answer only three. Even then, many failed and were marked accordingly. The grades were "revised" by the head of department who said they needed a high pass rate to get more students," said the veteran.
At the end of it all, it's money for many of the scores of private universities and colleges. And many of them are drawn by the "PTPTN loan" mantra which is seen as a cash-cow. The money comes upfront and there is no urgency for meritocracy.
Therefore, the prime minister's announcement last week that one in every four Malaysians, aged between 18 and 24, is pursuing higher learning thanks to the nation's improved access to education is correct. However, the quality of these young men and women is highly suspect and many of them can hardly hold a decent conversation on issues in the news.
Many have shut themselves up in their own world and have little knowledge of what's happening around the globe. The case of the locally-qualified law graduate who did not know cardiology was related to the heart in a live TV quiz show illustrates this point.
Yes, young people are ending up in universities but what are they learning? And it's not surprising that thousands of them have been unable to land jobs. Is there anything more to be said of their quality?

ALL Malaysians who have been affected by the surge in the cost of essential goods will certainly welcome the deputy prime minister's emphasis that the government will not tolerate any profiteering by traders who breach business regulations.
"The government always monitored the actions of traders who used various methods to manipulate the cost and prices of goods in the market, including anti-competition activities such as the monopoly and cartel which contributed to the price hike and burdened the people," he was quoted as saying last week.
And the Domestic Affairs and Consumer Affairs Ministry says it will prosecute traders who do not display price tags which it argues will allow consumers to compare prices before making their purchase.
Shouldn't the government practise what it preaches?
Shouldn't it list out the prices it is paying for goods and services?
How about the negotiated tenders, public-private partnerships and land sales undertaken by the government?
Aren't we as taxpayers entitled to know if the government paid a fair and reasonable price for its purchases? If we as taxpayers get the market rate for sale of land we own, why is the government not getting fair value on the sale of government land?
In the same breath, the government has entered into several contracts with third parties and shouldn't we as taxpayers be able to state our opinions if such deals are lopsided?
That's food for thought for those who preach about consumer protection.
R. Nadeswaran is editor (special and investigative reporting) at theSun.

Acong

asal sanggup buat loan PTPTN, boleh saja buat degree..... pastu phd....... sapo nak buat kerja buruh? indon, bangla, myanmar etc

cubby_qt

Setuju sangst ngan kenyataan ni.. malah.. ada lecturer biarkan student meniru.. siap ada ayat.. orang yg tak meniru adalah bodoh.. tp yg tertangkap ketuka meniru.. lagi bodoh...

psttt... bodohnya qt kerana tak pernah meniru

sup@rm@n

Kualiti yg semakin terhakis.
Pengabdian melalui akademik dan pembelajaran yg tidak berkualiti lagi senang di"jaga" oleh "diorang"

machiko

Kualiti sekarang dah tak sama..That day my aunt complaint masa marking paper bebudak Law. Dihempasnya kertas2 tu, sebab stress sgt tgk kualiti writing and not to mention English budak2 ni.. Ambik Law tu!

mystica

cubby_qt posted on 3-3-2014 01:00 AM
Setuju sangst ngan kenyataan ni.. malah.. ada lecturer biarkan student meniru.. siap ada ayat.. oran ...

lecturers aku dulu takde la encourage meniru tapi mmg some mcm tak brapa strict or tak closely monitor the students. n boleh kata majority meniru time org tengah submit paper ke depan. aku pun tak penah meniru. entah la walaupun kadang2 aku tak tahu jawapan tp rasa tak berkat ijazah bila menipu. n i get very unhappy bila org tanya aku jawapan time exam. aku ignore je. yg heran tu yg top2 dalam batch aku pun meniru juga.

Bedah.Cun

Tutup jer univesiti tiew sume, membuang ms jer

perang_candu

ijazah aku tahun 1999 masih bernilai.. lepas tahun 2000 semua macam sampah.. hahaha

cakap kat anak korang, tak yah amek ijazah. SPM cukop.

mommymonster82

machiko posted on 3-3-2014 01:06 AM
Kualiti sekarang dah tak sama..That day my aunt complaint masa marking paper bebudak Law. Dihempasny ...

Dahla sombong budak law ni...

pakweneelofa

masuk unisti tapi ngurat awek tk dapat pun boring gak

Al-Patih

political university ....yang banyak ...pasai jadik macang tu

ibnur

Objective Kerajaan sekarang ni supaya ramai orang lulus supaya tiap-tiap tahun kerajaan boleh umum keputusan meningkat.

clarizsa

ijazah dh x berkualiti ke... tp ramai je pemilik diploma,ijazah etc yg gemar menghina mereka2 yg xde kelulusan... hmmmm

Simunggu

Sijil dgn Kejayaan dlm hidup tidak ada sangut paut antara satu dgn yg lain. Rahsia kejayaan ada pada diri sendiri.

Janganlah bangga sangat dari mana kamu belajar....apa sijil kamu.....yg menentu kan persepsi kerja kamu di mata org lain dtg dari kamu sendiri....bukan sijil...bukan sekolah kamu belajar....

Talisman

Rubbish. Bila dah hujung2 tu mengarut je artikel ni. Xrelated pun dgn tajuk

ultra78

"Pendidikan adalah perniagaan"

tobby

cubby_qt posted on 3-3-2014 01:00 AM
Setuju sangst ngan kenyataan ni.. malah.. ada lecturer biarkan student meniru.. siap ada ayat.. oran ...

klu dah bodoh, ada toyol pun tak guna. bagi buku pun dia tak reti nak tiru.

leekamlee

cubby_qt posted on 3-3-2014 01:00 AM
Setuju sangst ngan kenyataan ni.. malah.. ada lecturer biarkan student meniru.. siap ada ayat.. oran ...

member aku student master, slumber badak air je dia cari jawapan kat internet ms exam. yg bestnya tu, dpn2 lecturer lak tu...tp lecturer buat xtau je..ingatkan dh kantoi tu dptlah markah '0', rupanya A! mampuih dok ada

Kambeng_Gurun

leekamlee posted on 3-3-2014 08:43 AM
member aku student master, slumber badak air je dia cari jawapan kat internet ms exam. yg bestnya  ...

exam pun ada yang gigih meniru.

Cik_Eena

anak2...sile amek kemahiran ye.....besepah je org takde spm bejaya...pokok pangkal diri memasing...