No Malaysian in Harvard for second
consecutive year was a news item in the Star today. Should it even be
mentioned? It is not a news worthy item compared to the “Our
education system better than advanced nations” news
that appeared on 31st March 2012 of the same newspaper.
What is Harvard or for that matter MIT, Oxford or Cambridge compared
to Malaysian universities. We can be certain that our “better”
education system is the envy of others and many are clamouring to
gain admission into them. Have a look at the increasing number of
foreigners in our universities and that fact itself should silence
those sceptical on the quality of our “better” education system.
Our universities' admission criteria
must be of a certain standard before any student can be accepted. I'm
sure those rejected by Harvard and the like would be able to gain
admission easily into our local universities. It must have been an
oversight of the Harvard selection committee to conclude that no
Malaysians are able to meet the criteria for admission. They are just
envious of our “better” education system and it is a sly move to
deny our qualified students from entering Harvard. As it is, our
“better” education” system has inadvertently raised the bar of
minimum standards around the world. We have become the torch bearers
of excellence in education and many would love to follow our example.
Malaysians are highly regarded in
private but the so called leading nations have to maintain their
reputation at whatever cost. The Malaysian student becomes the
innocent victim as the foreign university refuses to acknowledge our
“better” education system has produced a person of such high
calibre. Those who have been admitted to Harvard for example might
not find it an easy task gaining admission to Malaysian universities
because of our “better” education system will definitely pick
out only the best. The best are of course Malaysian students who have
been schooled in our “better” education system. As proof of this
“better” education system, just count how many children of
Malaysian ministers for example, who have gone through that system
from primary to university level. All of them, right?
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