After scrapping 'quota system' for university student intake as claimed by the Ministry of Higher Education, another form of racial quota system has since took over the old policy - Matrikulasi that systematically 'filter out' certain group of students from local public universities even before they finish Pre U program.PLEASE ALSO READ THIS POST What Made USM an Apex University.
The 'error' made by USM while posting up student's name list has not only hurt the feelings of applicants around the country by giving them false hope, it also seems like an effort to fabricate excuse to keep 4.0 CGPA STPM scorers out of the doorstep of local public universities.
Out of the 4574 students whose names were mistakenly displayed as 'accepted', most of them are STPM graduates.
Thousands of Matrikulasi students who obtained CGPA as low as 3.0, 3.4 and 3.7 are still being accepted into critical courses like Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmacy, while hundreds of STPM leavers were left in disappointment after being rejected entry to the Apex University. Many of the STPM students are the country's top scorer who scored CGPA 4.0.
No matter what excuse given at this time, as long as STPM students are being deliberately rejected and ignored, the title of " Apex University" is practically useless to USM who continue the implementation of biased policies. In short, USM has not met the most BASIC requirement to be a truly competent university; and it is moving backward like all other public universities in Malaysia.
Najib, stop the slogan, begin fixing the real problems!
C Guevara
21 comments:
well usm is not 100% about grades anymore
it depends on the munsyi test
and yeah regarding apex
apex is fund for research and has nothing to do with anything els
'autonomy in finance, service scheme, management, student intake, study fees and determining the top leadership'
Quoted from Education Malaysia
They have autonomy in many crucial areas including student intake as well...
But dont you think its kinda weird that Matrikulasi students (many of those scoring below 4.0) are "particularly good" in munsyi test, while Top scorers of STPM couldnt do well?
Personally I knew 2 friends who scored 4.0CGPA in STPM who were being rejected into pharmacy uSm.
They told me that many of their stpm friends are in the same boat.
Things have not changed my friend, I knew it because I am a stpm graduate.
BTW, most students who waited outside the USM admin office (those who were mistakenly accepted) are STPM students...
iyeke stpm students dipinggirkan?
as being a usm student,
kat sini ramai sgt2 stpm students
seriously!
and there are those diploma students too
anyway, munsyi test tu is not about you boleh score or not
basically it's just a personality test
so i guess for those yang desperate to be a doctor for eg,
providing that your result match the min requirement to enter the programme (not necessarily 4.0 lah)
cheat lah during the munsyi test
fake and answer it like a person who have passion for being a doctor
persoalan pelajar STPM dipinggirkan telah lama berlaku.
nak peroleh 4.0CGPA kat STPM bukan senang seperti Matrikulasi. Ramai Senior dan junior saya yang belajar matrikulasi mendapat kursus kursus kritikal seperti kedoktoran , pergigian dan farmasi di universiti tempatan; tetapi bagi pelajar stpm, sebagai contoh, hanya 2 pelajar stpm (2007) di SMJK Jit Sin mendapat kursus Kedoktoran walaupun banyak dikalangan kita mendapat keputusan yang baik.
Kami diberi statistik kasar daripada kaunselor sekolah kami, dan mendapati bahawa hampir 100% junior dan senior kami yang berkelulusan Matrikulasi mendapat pilihan pertama bagi aplikasi universiti tempatan.
perbezaan ini boleh dilihat dengan jelas apabila lebih daripada 10 orang graduan matrikulasi dari jitsin mendapat kedoktoran dan pergigian dan farmasi manakala bagi pelajar STPM jitsin daripada batch yang sama, hanya 2 pelajar sahaja yang dapat kursus kritikal.
itu benar bahawa ramai pelajar stpm dapat tawaran daripada universiti tempatan, tetapi, kebanyakannya tidak mendapat pilihan pilihan yang mereka buat.
Saya mendapat 4A dalam stpm, minta pergigian tetapi langsung tidak mendapat kursus yang berkaitan dengan perubatan.
Munsyi test itu sangat subjective.
kalau Munsyi test itu yang penting dan bukannya pencapaian akademik, buat apa orang belajar Pre U?
Jika Munsyi itu penting sangat, mengapakah USM takut sangat nak umumkan keputusan munsyi?
As you said, people can cheat in munsyi test....It is very subjective and cannot be the sole determinant in the student intake of university. Merit based selection is always the correct way.
I hope All races in Malaysia can understand this issue, that education is education. The purpose of education is to be equal in delivering knowledge to students.
People can only grow through competition, believe me, this has nothing to do with racial issue at all. For the sake of the future ofMalaysia, favoritism cannot occur in our local public universities.
thanks for your opinion by the way, Anonymous!
A few days ago USM was bombarded with rejecting 4,000 of the 8000 students shortlisted for entry in the latest intake. The technical mistake is really bad and must be reprimanded. But the accusation as carried out by Sin Chew Jit Poh stating that about 90% rejected were Chinese candidates are wrong.
It happens that parents of Chinese candiadates who are the most to publicly vent their unhappiness, which is only natural. I would have done the same.
However, the truth is, about 62% of the rejected candidates were actually Malays.
According to a reliable source, who happens to be a good friend of mine said the university had, apart from checking exam scores had also conducted interviews to check on the students competencies, to comply to its APEX status.
Some students who scored well academically, may not get entry as the rationale give was they fared poorly during interviews. USM, I was told is keen on taking students who are all rounders and capable of articulating their thoughts and sincere aspiration, and not just plain rote learning as benchmark for entry.
With these two pointers, I hope and would like all not to kick the ass out of USM before a fair trial is given to them. USM does not want to talk about this since they worry that the Malays would wonder why so many of the rejected ones are of their race. The adminstration is like keluar mulut buaya, masuk mulut harimau
The conclusion is: the ruling party had played the racial card so often that, when an institution that is acting impartially also will not be seen with such integrity, as the trust is gone. It is like the boy calling wolf, and when the wolf came nobody trusted him.
Ain't it a pity....sighhh!
--
Well, you can say that 60% who are rejected are Malays, and the newspaper can say other wise.
But in my blog, I say most of them are STPM students. I didnt say Chinese are being purposely rejected or Malays are being favored. WHat i'm trying to say is that, TWO UNFAIR SYSTEM IS RUNNING IN MALAYSIAN EDUCATION.
Matrikulasi And Quota Policy in student intake and scholarships distribution.
But USM has failed to clarify ANYTHING because they're
NOT TRANSPARENT. They're being so NOT transparent that they failed to let us know HOW they select the students, WHO are those students, and HOW they performed in both academic and Munsyi test.
Academic alone should not be the only benchmark for university entry nowadays, but nothing can replace the importance of meritocratic system in determining one's qualification.
If they dont even dare to let the world know how they interpret the success of students through the performance in munsyi test, and what the results they have got,
do you still think munsyi test can be a sole excuse why students are being rejected?
No matter what's the motive behind all these third world gaffe, Meritocracy should be the only way.
Anyone can Say ANYTHING about USM now because it has no such INTEGRITY and TRANSPARENCY to defend itself.
You may say your source is reliable, I can say mine is. See the problem here? It's USM's faults.
what i write in these few posts are not blatant lies targeting USM or Government, it is based on what I have experienced myself, What I and myfriends have gone through, and also the feed back from my juniors, seniors, and through the complaints voiced out in internet forums.
The bias towards USM might be there because of the "influence" of governments racial policies, But USM must play its card right to prove itself clean and avoid being criticized.
They're not granted the APEX title for nothing. They have to prove it. They have to walk the talk.
UGG Boots Bailey Button UGG Boots Bailey Button Triplet Ugg Boots Classic Argyle Knit UGG Boots Classic Cardy UGG Boots Classic Mini UGG Boots Classic Short UGG Boots Classic Tall UGG Boots Delaine Style UGG Boots Fringe Cardy UGG Boots Kids Classic UGG Boots Roxy Ugg Boots Stripe Cable Knit Ugg Boots Suburb Crochet Tall Ugg Boots Womens Sundance UGG Boots Womens Ultra Short UGG Boots Womens Ultra Tall UGG Evera Casual Shoes Womens Ugg Boots Sale Women's Ugg Boots Discount Ugg Boots Ugg Boots Sale
sorry to interupted.......
i'am usm student in engineering campus........
i'm think that your tought is wrong coz majority of studeent in usm is chinese......
don't blame usm like that......you don't know nothing about usm then you just put a statement like that......
don't judge a book like it's cover.....come to usm 1st...then you know la....
Sir Razin, i think you dont get what the writer try to explain. It is not about the races that we're discussing about. If in USM engineering campus there are a lot of chinese then I would say in the Main campus Malay becomes the majority.
Therefore dont simply put races as you conversation topic. As a USM student I agreed you will feel wronged for people to talk about your university but as a student of top university u should talk smart not your heart content.
TQ
I second SoHee's statement.
The writer is writing about the difference in treatment received by STPM graduates and Non-Stpm student (majority of them are Matrikulasi students).
If Razin is not aware of, the writer Did Not mention about race, malay chinese or indians at all...
Go to school of medicine, ask how many of them are from STPM.... Guarantee less than 10%. And 90% are from matrikulasi which needs only less than a year to study, compared to STPM which is hard to score.
Siapa makan cili siapalah yang terasa pedasnya.
Dear whoever blog this is....
I don't think you know that APEX is actually. You should check with the Ministry of Higher Education the true meaning of APEX (stated in the website), then you can start commenting on your blog. Else you are writing some bullcrap stuff and expect others to believe....
C.T. Choong (Penang)
CT Choong:So if you know what is APEX university, why not you explain what it is about?
So you get to know about APEX just from USM website? Please do more research on what is the actual meaning of APEX before commenting.If USM website is the only place where you get your facts from, I pity you.
saya pun student usm gak . . cm xcaya pla STPM ni dipinggirkan . . intake baru2 ni pun berlambak da tu STPM students . . Ikut dari cara u jwb tu munsyil test tu . .
TfgZse [url=http://www.cheap2airjordansshoes.com/]Air Jordan Shoes[/url] ItuWlj http://www.cheap2airjordansshoes.com/
PssTre [url=http://www.cheap4airjordansshoes.com/]Jordan Shoes[/url] VflYev http://www.cheap4airjordansshoes.com/
DiiUbg [url=http://www.cheap4nikeairjordans.com/]Air Jordan[/url] BwlMoq http://www.cheap4nikeairjordans.com/
IghJla [url=http://www.cheapnikeairjordans2.com/]Cheap Jordan Shoes[/url] BvjAfj http://www.cheapnikeairjordans2.com/
JoaAsr [url=http://www.headphone2beatsbydre.com/]Monster Beats By Dre[/url] QhuWgp http://www.headphone2beatsbydre.com/
BolAqf [url=http://www.monsterbeats7beatsbydre.com/]Cheap Beats By Dre[/url] IcnShj http://www.monsterbeats7beatsbydre.com/
JqyGov [url=http://www.monsterbeats8beatsbydre.com/]Cheap Beats By Dre[/url] ErtWih http://www.monsterbeats8beatsbydre.com/
QksRud [url=http://www.headphones4beatsbydre.com/]Beats By Dre[/url] SelNtp http://www.headphones4beatsbydre.com/
this is a single comment, broken into 2 parts:
I'm a USM student and I can confirm that much of your accusations here are not true and baseless. and get this, I also studied in Matriculation program and my CGPA upon graduating from that college was 3.73, nonetheless it doesn't buy me a place for the real course that I wanted so badly; Pharmacy.
and sir, your perception on MUNSYI test is very wrong. it's not a test that has a right or wrong, for god sake, it's much like a career aptitude test. even a 10 year old can answer such test, and certainly there are no 'marks' for this sort of test.
many of my Chinese course-mates are STPM graduates. not to mention that undergraduates here are also mostly made up of Chinese (STPM + diploma + A-levels graduates) students. so what does this tell us?
you argue that 'meritocracy should be the only way', and I do agree with you; if the applicant is not competent enough so as to deserve the place in IPTA, particularly USM, he/she has no right to be in USM.
the reality is: this is what USM is doing. they shortlist the applicants for the critical courses (pharmacy, dentistry, medic), and have them INTERVIEWED first and the applicants must pass this before they are given the chance to study those courses. not something you would have in mind eh?
plus, let it be known to you that all graduates of Matriculation program, STPM, A-levels and diploma, they must have a CGPA of 3.0 and above to ensure their places to study in USM. I'm not sure you can call this a quota based placement, can you?
I sincerely think you got confused with the matriculation program: the placement for this program is the one based on quota (this is undeniably true), but not USM.
take my word for it or don't, I am student of USM and this is the reality of things here. and get this, if you must know: Matriculation program was made specifically for its graduates to enter IPTA/local universities. if you call this as favoritism, then perhaps you should know that we only studied for 10-11 months in Matriculation college. in that short span of time, we crammed our heads with 20+ chapters per subject per semester. and averagely, 20-30% of the students didn't make it pass the first semester, worse still, those Matriculation graduates with CGPA below than 3.0 are auctioned off to any course and IPTA the higher education ministry feel we are suited to. they have no say at all regarding this.
part 2:
simply put, Matriculation is a shortcut to IPTA but it comes with high risk. as I did mentioned earlier (cramming our heads with lessons and stuffs), actually every day in that college, we are gambling with our future. and here is the ultimatum, I think everyone must know that the graduates from KPM Matriculation, their qualification is only valid for a year. if we didn't make it to any IPTA withing a year, our qualification is automatically revoked. and what do we do? either, repeat the program, or go and do the diploma. the latter is always true, and this is also the only option left for those who didn't make it through the first semester.
and sorry, I didn't intend to make it this long but I must add that, in the year that I got enrolled into USM, I did read that some 30-40% of graduates from A-levels, Matriculation, STPM and diploma didn't make it to any IPTA.
why did I mentioned this, well it's because we must be aware that the bigger picture is, our public local universities cannot accommodate all of STPM, Matriculation, A-levels and diploma graduates altogether for undergraduate studies. ergo, the private universities: their sole purpose is to accommodate all those who didn't get to study in public universities. education means business for our government nowadays. why bother adding more public universities when it can bring profits to those IPTS owned by cronies? just do some research and you'll know, UNITAR, HELP, UniKL and etc.
in a nut shell, this matter is not simply about favoritism, not at all. But it’s about our government stubbornness to not improve the higher education in this country. They prefer to have it privatized and I’d like to reiterate that: the existing public institutions are of course, cannot accommodate newer placements every year.
oh yeah, I hope you would respect my honest opinion ya. hope you would let this comment to exist. peace.
well..munsyi test is one thing..and another one is the interview..you have to pass both of them in order to get a place in USM..it is important to understand that being a medical doctor or dentist or pharmacist is not only based on excellent grade but you have to have that good qualities..that's the reason for munsyi test and the interview.if not u'll end up regretting your own choice which once you thought that was the best decision you've ever made in your life and stop halfway.just to let you know that the interview will be conducted by prof/doctors who are expert in the field.regarding the munsyi test, i'm not denying that some of the candidates may cheat in the exam but the interviewers will know their true colours as they go through the interview process as it's not like the usual interview that just asking for self introduce and questions about usm.my point here is there is no such thing as favoritism. :)
-you need more than just a good brain to be a doctor/dentist~
hai everyone
what i know ok..
in malay
ok
pelajar matrikulasi lebih susah dpt 4.o drpd pelajar asasi..
sebab tu pljr matrik lebih d pilih
kalau pelajar stpm pula muet lebih senang score muet dr pljr matrik
sy prnh baca dlm komen 1 blog nie
sy agak trkejut sebab apa?
ada seorg pljr asasi dpt 3A 1B tp cgpa dya 4.o padahal pljr matrik msT suma A mksd nya mesT dpt 4A baru dpt 4.o
tuk pljr matrik
sebab tu pljr matrik senang msuk U bnding pljr asasi n stpm..
sbb matrik susah nak score
oh ya nie menurut cerita org d sekeliling sy n pengalaman sy
bleh prbetul kan jika ada kesilapn...
sy lupa lg satu.. kalau bdk asasi punya pointr d bundar
cth 3.95 jd 4.o
Post a Comment