Recognize the academic qualification of China Universities help to encourage overseas graduates return home for employment

 Yayasan Pendidikan Kawasan Bandar Tun Razak Chairman, Mr Chew Yin Keen said following the announcement made by Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia to recognize the academic qualification of 146 institutions of higher learning from China in early March this year and further recognized 674 more higher learning institutions from China. Thus, Malaysia has recognized a total of 820 higher learning institutions. The recognition almost covers the whole Of Chinese university degree.

He believes that this recognition not only good news to the graduates, undergraduates, independent high schools’ students, but, it also helps the government effort in recruiting Malaysian Chinese graduates to join the civil service. It also helps the Chinese schools to overcome the shortage of Chinese teachers. It further strengthens the country’s bilateral relationship with China.

Some Chinese primary schools have been encountering shortage of Chinese teachers has criticized the Ministry of Education for unable to send qualified Chinese teachers to these schools. With the recognition of Chinese high learning qualifications from China, the Ministry of Education perhaps can consider to have those graduates to teach in our local Chinese schools.

He also believes that it will to encourage Malaysian overseas graduates especially from China to return home for employment.

Further, theMinistry of Higher Education will promote and encourage Chinese institutions or university to set up branch campus in Malaysia. This will further enhance the bilateral trade between the two countries, said Mr Chew. Hence, this will contribute to the Malaysia economic growth and ultimately, will further strengthen the Malaysia economy.