Kota Kinabalu: The government is committed to transforming public
higher learning institutions (IPTAs) in its effort to develop the
education sector in the country, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa
Aman.
He said this included allowing IPTAs to have more freedom in
managing their operations so that they can be more competitive both in
terms of academic performance and resource management.
“The
government under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib
Tun Abdul Razak has been working very hard to empower IPTAs by giving
them more autonomy managing their own finance, human resources,
administration, student intake and income,” Musa said in his speech for
the launching of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Seminar on Najib
Leadership here yesterday.
He added that the government was prepared to loosen regulations that prevent IPTAs from generating profit.
The
text of his speech was read by Tourism, Culture and Environment
Minister cum Sabah education exco Datuk Masidi Manjun who also
officiated at the launch on behalf of the Chief Minister.
“With enhanced autonomy, IPTAs, for example, would be allowed to generate their own income by setting up subsidiary companies.
“For
this purpose the government is willing to ease rules and regulations
that prevent IPTAs from generating profit. However, the government will
make sure that the effort to generate income would not adversely affect
the role and objective of IPTAs,” he said.
Musa commended UiTM for
organising the seminar, saying that leadership is a key component in
nation-building and the event would provide a useful academic platform
for students and academicians to examine and discuss the country’s
leadership.
He added that the Prime Minister in his tenure over
the last three years had introduced various programmes and policies
aimed at strengthening unity, improving quality of life and addressing
the welfare of the people at all levels towards achieving a developed
and high income status.
Among these programmes, he noted, included
Gagasan 1Malaysia and the various transformation plans under it,
education assistance schemes, Klinik 1Malaysia, Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia
and many other initiatives all aimed at improving the livelihood of the
people and propelling the country forward.
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