Bikin Tak Serupa Cakap!

While reading this, New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online - Lecturers urged to take up job stints, I almost fell off my chair, half laughing, half cringing.

What does he, this Higher Education director-general Datuk Prof Dr Hassan Said, has to say about Prof Terrence Gomez resignation, after being told that his application for a secondment was refused!

Boleh belah!


The cached news:-

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Lecturers urged to take up job stints

By Lee Keng Fatt

University and college lecturers should "refresh" themselves by going on attachment with industries related to their disciplines. Such stints, said Higher Education director-general Datuk Prof Dr Hassan Said, would enable them to keep abreast with new developments as well as gain "hands-on experience" to impart to their students.

He said the attachments need not be long: "Three to five months should be sufficient for them to have a better grasp of the latest happenings outside their classrooms."

Hassan said lecturers well-versed in theory and practice would have an advantage as they could use their knowledge of the latest technologies, equipment and software in their teaching.

He was speaking to reporters after opening the first national conference on electronics design, held in conjunction with the Raja of Perlis’ 62nd birthday celebrations.

The two-day conference at the Putra Palace Hotel here is organised by Universiti Utara Malaysia’s College of Engineering.

Hassan said his call was to broaden the outlook and experience of lecturers. "Most lecturers are up-to-date in their fields but it would surely be advantageous for them to refresh their knowledge and skills."

On another matter, Hassan said the ministry would not stop universities and colleges hiring foreign lecturers, especially for critical courses such as medicine and engineering.

Hassan said the Darul Iman Universiti in Terengganu, expected to be operational in June next year, would concentrate on biotechonology and agriculture-based studies.

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