29
Jan
12

Beef more important than education

By For A Better Malaysia Leave a Comment
Categories: Education, Financial, Politics and Scandals
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I REFER to my earlier letter on talks in the streets of Penang that Malaysia’s pioneering accelerated programme for excellence (APEX) university, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), has been left in the doldrums, high and dry for the cesspool.

It seems USM had in December 2011 started an exercise to retrench some 1,000 or more contract workers comprising cleaners to researchers due to financial constraints.

I visited USM’s website and found this:

“APEX performance measures for world-renowned universities have to be measured within the context of “academic space” which in USM’s case is the “sustainability issues at the bottom of the pyramid”. The key indicators used by USM for the budget request is according to three main pillars, namely, talent, governance and resources.

“The proposed budget was given due consideration in its preparation in line with the current financial and economic situation.

Only received RM234.4mil

The university has made a budget request totalling RM624.5 million for the fiscal year 2009 to 2011 of which RM234.5 million was granted. The shortfall of RM390 million or 62.45% has affected the university’s plans towards achieving its target.

…more
Beef more important than education: USM gets only 37% of budget, NFC squanders millions
Jackson Ng
26 January 2012 – Malaysia Chronicle

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