ICPE-4 2010
4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
“Globalisation and Liberalisation of Postgraduate Education”
NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION
STRATEGIC PLAN
Dato’ Ir. Dr. Radin Umar Radin Sohadi
Director General
Department of Higher Education
27 November 2010
Cititel Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur
TRANSFORMING
MALAYSIA INTO HIGH
INCOME NATION
Principal
Pilosophy
“People First,
Performance
Now”
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Government
Transformation
Programme
(GTP)
New Economic
Model /
Economic
Transformation
Programme
(ETP)
10MP & 11MP
: Enculturation of creativity and innovation
: Improved decision making processes and
sense of urgency
: Value for money
: Integrity
2
Needs a shift towards higher value-add and knowledge
intensive activities
Needs a critical mass and ecosystem of firms
Needs talent to drive
SOURCE: 10th Malaysia Plan
High Income Economy can be achieved
with HIGHER SKILL workers
High Skill leads to HIGHER
PRODUCTIVITY of workers
Higher productivity is achieved through
INNOVATION AND
CREATIVITY
ENCHANCE TVET
OFFER SKILL PROGRAMS
NEEDED BY INDUSTRIES
SOURCE: 10th Malaysia Plan
SOURCE: 10th Malaysia Plan
Workforce composition according to main job clusters (%) 2008
25.9
38.9
42.9
43.1
44.5
30.9
28.3
27.0
22.6
52.8
Skill workforce
25.6
Semi Skill
Workforce
24.4
12.9
0.7
2.9
20.6
18.3
17.5
11.8
8.8
7.6
MALAYSIA
Ireland
Australia
25.0
6.7
4.2
20.8
0.1
13.7
5.6
8.0
7.8
New
Zealand
Finland
Singapore
Pengurus, Profesional dan Juruteknik
Pekerja Perkeranian & Perkhidmatan
Pekerja Pertanian & Perikanan
Pekerja Berkaitan Ketukangan & Loji
Pekerjaan Asas
SOURCE: 10th Malaysia Plan
JAWATANKUASA KABINET MENGENAI PEMBANGUNAN MODAL INSN
Unskilkl
workforce
THE SEVEN STRATEGIC THRUSTS
Thrust 1:
Widening of
Access and
Increasing Equity
Thrust 7:
Reinforcing
Delivery Systems of
MoHE
NATIONAL
HIGHER
EDUCATION
by
2020
Thrust 6:
Enculturation of Lifelong
Learning
Thrust 2:
Improving the
Quality of Teaching
and Learning
Thrust 3:
Enhancing
Research and
Innovation
Thrust 4:
Strengthening of
Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs)
Thrust 5:
Intensifying
Internationalisation
7
THE 10th MP : HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR’S STRATEGIC DIRECTION
Maju NATION
ANegara
DEVELOPED
2020 BY 2020
10th MP (2011-2015)
Transforming Innovation, Knowledge Generation, High Ethical Values
• Polytechnics
Highly
•Community
Competent
Graduates
Colleges
•Smart
Partnership
•LLL Hub
•International Hub
•Graduate
KRA 1
technopreneur
•Promotion
Access &
•MRA
Quality
Employability /
Entrepreneurship
International Hub
of
Higher Education
Critical Mass
Of Researchers
Competent
Human Capital
Conducive
Teaching &
Learning
Highly Skilled
Human Capital
OUTCOME
KRA 2
Graduates
Marketability
KRA 3
KRA 5
KRA 6
KRA 7
Enculturation
of
LLL
Boosting
Technical Edu.
& Vocational
Training
Reinforcing
Delivery
Systems
KRA 4
Intensifying
Internationalisation
Enhancing
R&D&C
Activities
•Infrastructure
•Facilities
•FRGS
•Liberalisation
Private HEIs
•Strategic
Collaboration
•Top business
school
•Retraining
•Reskilling
•Teaching
hospital
7 Strategic Thrusts: The National Higher Education Strategic Plan (2007-2020)
Autonomy
Leadership
Academia
T&L
R&D
Entrepreneurship
InterGraduate
nationalisation Employability
APEX Uni.
MyBrain15
E-learning
C.C.
LLL
Audit
PTPTN
Private
HEIs
Delivery
Holistic
Student
Poly.
AcademiaIndustry
COE
Top
Business
School
22 CRITICAL AGENDAS
“Education as a transformational tool in moulding and determining a nation’s future”
YAB Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak
Prime Minister of Malaysia
HIGHER EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION MODEL
2016
APEX
• Research University (APEX)
• Comprehensive University
• Focus University
2025?
World
Research
University
2011
APEX
Comprehensive
University / Focus
University
2006
Continual
improvement
every 3 year
Audit
Malaysia
Research
University
TIME
2010
2013
2016
9
8 Criterias for the Assessment of RU
Performance Using MyRA©
CRITERIA
WEIGHTAGE
1
Quantity and quality of researchers
25
2
Quantity and quality of research
30
3
Quantity of post-graduate
10
4
Quality of post-graduate
5
5
Innovation
10
6
Professional services and gifts
7
7
Networking and linkages
8
8
Support facilities
5
Total
100
•Bilangan Penerbitan Jurnal Berimpak di Universiti Penyelidikan

Malaysia plans to produce 60,000 doctorates by the
year 2023

MyBrain15 will bring various ministries and agencies
together to review existing programmes and
schemes and embark on coordinated efforts in
human capital development with a common goal of
enhancing national competitiveness, its innovation
system and wealth creation
Sources: MyBrain15 Project 2009
PhD Holder Projection 2023
Sources: MyBrain15 Project 2009
RESEARCH UNIVERSITY AND NON-RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY
NO OF PhD STUDENT
(ENROLMENT) 2009
ITEMS
No of PhD student
(enrolment)
No of post
graduate student
RU
NON-RU
TOTAL IPTA
12,574
3,851
16,425
45,922
18,327
64,249
NO OF PhD STUDENT (ENROLMENT)
Local and International 2009
ITEMS
No of PhD student
(Local)
No of PhD student
(International)
RU
NON-RU
TOTAL IPTA
7,584
2,144
9,728
4,990
1,571
6,561
RESEARCH UNIVERSITY AND NON-RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY
PhD GRADUATE 2009
ITEMS
No of PhD graduate
RU
NON-RU
TOTAL IPTA
801
408
1,209
PhD GRADUATE IN S&T 2009
ITEMS
No of PhD graduate
in S&T
RU
NON-RU
TOTAL IPTA
477
56
533
DATA OF MASTER STUDENT 2009
ITEMS
RU
NON-RU
TOTAL IPTA
No of Master student
33,348
14,476
47,824
RESEARCH GRANT SCHEMES
FRGS
•Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
•Reseach towards producing new theory, concept
and ideas
•To answer “WHY?” and “HOW?”
ERGS
•Exploration/Experimental
Research
Grant
Scheme (ERGS)
•Reseach outcome that may be expanded to
applied project
•To answer “WHAT?” and “WHERE?”
LRGS
PRGS
•Long Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS)
•Fundamental research that requires more than
3 years of implementation duration
•Prototype Development Research Grant
Scheme (PRGS)
•Research towards production of research
product,
however
do
not
achieve
commercialization level
USM Scival Spotlight Map
USM
UKM
UM
UPM
Macromolecules & Polymer,
Composites
Power distribution
Solar & wind power
Photochemistry; Pharmacology
science; Clinical chemistry
Crystallography, Inorganic
Chemistry
Photonics
Crystallography
Marine pollution; Marine biology;
Environmental pollution
Safety Management, Filtration
Membrane,Colloid
Enzyme microbiological
technology
Electrochemistry
Food engineering; Thermal
analysis; Food chemistry
Food Chemistry, Carbohydrate
Research
Numerical method in engineering;
Fractures & fatigue
Applied optics; Photonics
Applied optics; Optics &
lasers; Photonics
Safety Management, Carbon
Applied math &
computation; Antenna
Ethnopharmacology
Applied economics; Economics
Chemical Engineering, Catalysis
Sensors & actuators; Surfactants
Animal science; zoology
Animal science; Weed
management
Macromolecules & Polymer
Public policy; Environmental
policy (Renewable energy)
Forensic medicine
Enzyme microbiological
technology
Cytogenetics & Genome
Mapping,
Phytochemistry
Public policy; Ethics
Software systems
Ecological modeling; Plant
physiology
Semiconducting Materials
Nutrition; Food engineering;
Bone & osteoporosis
Water Treatment
Zoology; Mammals; Water
resources
Reliability Engineering,
Computer-Aided
Process, Statistics
Data mining
In2008,
Crystallography
remains strong in both
USM and UM
Applied math &
computation; Antenna
Mental health nursing; Educational
physiology
RUPTN

RUPTN is being drafted whereby it establishes a
database called National Higher Education Register

RUPTN requires registration of a PhD holder and a
professor

Using title of PhD or professor is an offence under
RUPTN if such degree/title is not being properly
conferred/awarded under RUPTN
THANK YOU