Posted on 1 September, 2010 16:06 by Saifuddin Abdullah in Utusan Malaysia
Pada 8 September ini, genaplah separuh penggal Parlimen ke-12. Untuk muhasabah, kita perlu melihat keadaan dan perkembangan demokrasi di negara kita. Persoalan pokoknya adalah sejauh manakah demokrasi kita matang? Persoalan ini wajar kerana, pertamanya, ia satu daripada cabaran Wawasan 2020, iaitu membangunkan dan mewujudkan masyarakat demokratik yang matang, dan keduanya, ia sesuai dengan realiti politik kontemporari yang dahagakan demokrasi yang matang. Read More
Posted on 27 August, 2010 10:01 by Saifuddin Abdullah in The Malaysian Insider
AUG 26 - The issues affecting our education system currently being deliberated have far-reaching and enduring consequences. Concerns such as the autonomy and rating of universities, the transformation of polytechnics, the strengthening of community colleges, the advancement of technical and vocational training, the improvement of co-curricula and individual aptitude, the abolishing of the UPSR and PMR examinations together with allowing graduate teachers and lecturers to be involved in politics as well as permitting students at institutes of higher learning to be members of political parties are at present hotly debated. Read More
Posted on 27 August, 2010 09:43 by Saifuddin Abdullah in
Perbincangan dan pendirian untuk sama ada membenarkan atau tidak membenarkan pelajar IPT menganggotai parti politik amat bergantung kepada pandangan alam kita terhadap makna dan budaya ilmu, pendidikan tinggi, pelajar IPT dan politik. Read More
Posted on 27 August, 2010 09:35 by Saifuddin Abdullah in New Straits Times
LOVE them or loathe them, rankings of universities across countries and regions are here to stay.
They began with the release of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2003, followed the next year by the famous (or infamous) Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings. Read More
Posted on 27 August, 2010 09:25 by Saifuddin Abdullah in Utusan Malaysia
Malaysia sekali lagi akan menarik perhatian negara-negara Islam apabila menjadi tuan rumah kepada Persidangan Menteri-Menteri Pengajian Tinggi dan Penyelidikan Saintifik Islam Kelima (5th ICMHESR) pada 19 hingga 21 Oktober ini. Read More
Posted on 26 August, 2010 10:24 by Saifuddin Abdullah in Berita Harian
Pelajar perlu bergiat aktif dalam aktiviti kampus bagi menyerlahkan bakat mereka sebagai persediaan berdepan dengan cabaran apabila menamatkan pengajian kelak. Read More