Prison System in UM
According to news in Malaysiakini, University of Malaya (UM) has issued a few notices over the past few days to warn students about getting involved in "undesirable activities" which could tarnish UM's good name (if there is any left).
Such notices are issued by the university’s student affairs and alumni office or Hal-Ehwal Pelajar (who else) are pasted on all notice boards in campus. Among the "undesirable activities" deemed by UM are:
While all the universities around the world are striving for excellence in every field, our once proud UM is busy implementing a "prison system" within its campus. Using the authority granted to the VC under the UUCA, the university authority even go to the extend of forbidding students participating in specific outdoor activities.
Me, as a tax payer, fully object to public funds being wasted in such implementation of a "prison system" within the university confine. Instead of providing better facilities and hiring renowned academics, public funds are used to hiring high number of moral guardians as well as ridiculously high number of administrative personnel.
I fully urge the PM (not the Minister of Higher Education as I assume he already know, more so endorse such act) to grant independence to all local institutions. On one hand, we are faced with a huge number of unqualified (in terms of market expectations) graduates. On the other hand, evil hands are at play in producing such graduates who are not even allowed to think and make decisions for themselves.
What next? Prison guards and cells for student hostels?
Such notices are issued by the university’s student affairs and alumni office or Hal-Ehwal Pelajar (who else) are pasted on all notice boards in campus. Among the "undesirable activities" deemed by UM are:
- poison-pen letters
- unauthorised (haram) leaflets
- false news/statements
- printing and distributing prohibited (without written permission from the HEP) materials
- attending the seminar organised by Institut Kajian Dasar (IKD) - where Anwar Ibrahim was a key speaker
- participating in a trip to see fire flies in Kuala Selangor organised by Umany (University Malaya Association of New Youth)
While all the universities around the world are striving for excellence in every field, our once proud UM is busy implementing a "prison system" within its campus. Using the authority granted to the VC under the UUCA, the university authority even go to the extend of forbidding students participating in specific outdoor activities.
Me, as a tax payer, fully object to public funds being wasted in such implementation of a "prison system" within the university confine. Instead of providing better facilities and hiring renowned academics, public funds are used to hiring high number of moral guardians as well as ridiculously high number of administrative personnel.
I fully urge the PM (not the Minister of Higher Education as I assume he already know, more so endorse such act) to grant independence to all local institutions. On one hand, we are faced with a huge number of unqualified (in terms of market expectations) graduates. On the other hand, evil hands are at play in producing such graduates who are not even allowed to think and make decisions for themselves.
What next? Prison guards and cells for student hostels?
posted by Egghead at
11:00 AM
2 Typical Response:
Fireflies only come out at night , along with the moon... see the connection??
LOL
By
Egghead, at Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:13:00 PM
what rubbish! and the university is supposed to be the place to expand students' minds. whose fantastic idea was this i wonder....
By
mudslinger, at Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:45:00 PM
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