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Monday, July 22, 2013

Wee: Varsity intake system 'more quota than quota'


Although the federal government had replaced the ethnic quota system with the merit system for university intake in 2002, the poor intake of Chinese students shows it was actually “more quota than quota”, said MCA Youth chief Wee Ka Siong.

According to Wee, the intake of Chinese students for eight major courses in public universities has been declining in recent years.

“From 26.2 percent in 2011, it dropped to 25.3 percent in 2012 and 20.7 percent this year,” said Wee.

The eight major courses were Medical, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Law and Accounting.

NONEHowever, the intake of bumiputera students for these eight courses this year reached 70.2 percent.

Wee (right in photo) said he felt “tired” of facing the same issue every year.

The former deputy education minister lamented that the issue has worsened although the government had abolished the ethnic quota system in 2002.

“It is called merit system in name, but it is actually a quota system, in fact more quota than quota.”

‘Change for the worse’


Wee, who is a graduate of a public university, said there was about one-third of Chinese students during his time but this has dropped to only about 19 percent this year.

“When the government replaced the quota system with the merit system, we did not raise any objection. However, the intake of Chinese students has since then dropped to 19 percent from more than 30 percent in the early years.

“We don’t want a so-called merit system which is actually a quota system in reality. Many people even opined that if we had not changed the policy in 2002, the situation may not have been worse than it is now,” he said.

He urged the government to assign students who has obtained 3.0 CGPA to public universities.

Failing which, he hoped the government can provide scholarships for the students to enter private universities, in particular those who has obtained a CGPA of 4.0.

As a long-term solution, he urged the restructuring of the current intake system and standardising of the curriculum, examination and accreditation system of STPM and university matriculation.

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