Education Ministry gets 8,000 queries over blueprint

Source: The Star
            2 March 2015

JOHOR BARU: The Education Ministry has received around 8,000 suggestions and comments from various quarters over its Higher Education Blueprint, says Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan.

Describing the amount of feedback as overwhelming, Kamalanathan said it came from various quarters including students, lecturers, industry players and the general public.

“We have had six roadshows so far. To me, this shows how the people are concerned about education, not just about primary and secondary, but also tertiary.

“The feedback is not just about criticism, but also suggestions on how to improve the system,” he said after a three-hour townhall meeting on the blueprint at University Teknologi Malaysia here yesterday.

Kamalanathan admitted that there were weaknesses in the present system, but was optimistic that the blueprint, which would be launched by the Prime Minister next month, would be able to iron out the issues.

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