Medical students refute Education Ministry’s meritocracy claim
From Malaysiakini
The recent claim by Education Minister Musa Mohamad that meritocracy is practised in the local university admission system has been questioned by medical students.
They pointed out that no common system exists for the selection of students, who mainly enter the Universiti Malaya medical faculty based on either STPM or matriculation results.
Additional students have been admitted to the faculty via a twinning programme with the privately-run Perak College of Medicine (PCM), although its admission standard is allegedly not on par with that of the central processing (UPU) system.
Director of the Education Ministry’s higher education department, Prof Dr Hassan Said, and PCM CEO Abu Bakar Hashim were both unavailable for comment today.
UM officials refused to respond to repeated requests for clarification.
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