Webquest Presentation

1. Malaysia an international centre of
educational excellence by 2020

2. Ambition
 Mass production -> innovation: science, technology
and engineering
 Low cost, unskilled labor -> well-educated skill
workers
 Excellence in higher education
 200.000 international students in 2020
 International Ranking of Top Universities

3. What is done?
 National Higher Education Strategic Plan 2020
 Malaysian Qualifications Agency 2008
 Higher Education Act 1996
 6.8% of federal budget for Higher Education
 Encouraging Transnational Education

4. Universities
 20 Public universities
 20+ Private universities
 Large growth since 1996
 Selangor and Kuala Lumpur

5. Problems
 Etnic Segregation (Malay / Chinese / Indian)
- 90% non-Malay in private institutions
- limited enrollment for non-Malay in public
institutions
 Language (English/Malay)
 Well educated students flock the country

6. Transnational Education
 Importing excellent curriculums
 Australia, UK, USA
 Economic Growth (2020 / RM 600 billion)
 Low costs

7. Swinburne University Sarawak
 http://www.swinburne.edu.my

8. Malaysia
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