PETALING JAYA: Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) improved to “very good” status in the Rating System for Malaysian Higher Education (Setara) 2009, compared to its previous “satisfactory” status in 2007.
Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) chief executive officer Datuk Dr Syed Ahmad Hussein said UUM should be congratulated for its rise from tier two to tier four.
“Setara 2007 and Setara 2009 cannot be compared as the criteria used were different. The former only covered public universities while the latter was open to both public and private institutions,” he said.
“But if it is just to compare how UUM fared, it actually improved,” he told a press conference yesterday to clarify a statement by UUM vice-chancellor Prof Dr Mohamed Mustafa Ishak that UUM’s rating had dropped.
In Setara 2009, institutions were rated according to tiers, from one (weak), two (satisfactory), three (good), four (very good), five (excellent) to six (outstanding).
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, who announced the Setara 2009 results last week, said UUM was in tier four with 24 other institutions.
Dr Syed Ahmad said UUM’s score from the rating was 66, which puts it in the tier four range of between 60 and 69.9.
He said UUM was the last institution included in tier four.
“But this does not mean UUM is at the bottom as the MQA lists all institutions (in each tier) in alphabetical order,” he said.
Mohamed Khaled said he had made it clear that teaching and learning were the main criteria in Setara 2009, as private providers were ranked alongside public universities for the first time.
“We had to create a level playing field for everyone,” he said.
He added that Setara 2009 was a reminder that private providers could not be underestimated.
“What is important now is for UUM to go to the MQA and find out how it can improve,” he said.
原来如此，UUM。Ilmu. Budi. Bakti.
发表于 23-7-2010 12:00 AM
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