Wait a minute, I thought I heard there was a moratorium of new medical schools, announced last year!! Then what is this advertisement doing in The Star today?
University College Shahputra has decided to start a medical school. Anyone wants to become the dean? They have just advertised for academic position!!
Adding to my latest count , this will be the 36th medical school in the country with a total of almost 40+ concurrent programmes……………. for a population of 27 million!!
They have also added the following advert on their website:
I have said this many times that Foundation studies is a way for the college to attract students and to keep them in the college for various courses. Even though the curriculum is monitored by LAN but the exams are not standardised. The college themselves set, conduct and mark the papers.
I also saw this 2 page comment from MAHSA college about the jobless nursing graduates in the Star today:
I find it rather interesting of how the college is trying to justify things. Our Ex DG is currently the VC of MAHSA University. They claim that their nurses are highly employable and have inserted the names of nurses who have gained employment in foreign countries on the 2nd page of their “advert”. The confusion it seems is due to diploma in healthcare and diploma in paramedic (by other colleges) which are being referred to as “nursing” course. However, according to the info they have provided, the nurses to population ratio currently is at 1: 384 and the country is targeting 1: 200 by 2020. Now, let me ask you: if you are producing 12, 000 nurses per year now, when do you thing you will achieve the magic figure of 1: 200? I would say, probably in another 2 years ! So, isn’t the jobless scenario which is already beginning to happen now will only get worst?
God save the country……………………….
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