Education
Week in Review: Are we Malaysians naturally blessed with smarts?
Despite the limitations of our exam-based education system, Malaysia's universities are producing some fine engineers. Are Malaysians just naturally smart, or are there other factors? Karamjit Singh ponders.
EduNation promises ‘free tuition for every Malaysian child’
A group of volunteers, backed by sponsors such as Brickfields Asia College, has launched EduNation, touting it as Malaysia’s first social platform for education and promising free tuition for every Malaysian child.
The reality of Malaysian schools at odds with nation's aspirations
Malaysians are well acquainted with our nation’s desire to become a high-income economy, but this aspiration is harshly juxtaposed against the realities of many classrooms across the nation.
Heriot-Watt U to kick off next Jan, offers renowned Edinburgh MBA
Heriot-Watt University UK will be opening the doors to its Putrajaya campus in January next year, first at a temporary facility at the headquarters of Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd before moving to a new state-of-the-art campus in 2014.
Fujitsu confident of hitting growth target
Fujitsu Malaysia is on track to achieve its 2012 revenue growth targets aided by the resumption of spending by the Malaysian government in the education and public sector space.
Microsoft renews vows with Malaysia
Microsoft Malaysia celebrates its 20th anniversary in the country with a reaffirmation of its commitment to the market and its biggest product refresh to date.
More university research to be commercialized via L2M
A group of government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and industry players in Malaysia have officially announced the Lab2Market (L2M) commercialization program, through which they will collaborate to help institutions of higher learning (IHLs) and research institutions commercialize their research.
Education NGO The Community Chest and Dell launch e-classroom initiative
The Community Chest, an independent, not-for–profit non-governmental charitable organization set up by the private sector to focus on education, has partnered with Dell to launch an E-Classroom program.
Budget wish list: Pikom urges English for maths, science
The National ICT association Pikom has urged the Government to retain English as the medium of instruction for Mathematics and Science subjects at all levels in a bid to address the critical shortage of ICT graduates who meet industry demand.
Companies urged to protect personal information: Fortinet
Malaysian companies should protect themselves from Personally Identifiable Information (PII) breach, urged Fortinet.
