Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015 2025 Higher Education Presented

Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015 -2025 (Higher Education) Presented by: Dr Guan Eng Chan Ministry of Higher Education 3 rd October 2016

Challenges world is changing and we need to keep pace with the challenges of the 21 st Century. Accelerating PACE of CHANGE due to DIGITAL age GLOBAL Economi c crisis GLOBAL Competition due to GLOBALIZATION 1

The Malaysia Education Blueprint (Higher Education) will be centered on 10 Shifts Table of contents Introductory chapters § 14 chapter writing teams § 20 lead authors § 42 writing team members Introduction Current Performance Vision and Aspirations ▪ Shift 1: Holistic Entrepreneurial and Balanced Graduates Shift 2: Talent Excellence Shift 3: Nation of Lifelong Learners Shift 4: Quality TVET Graduates Shift 5: Financial Sustainability Shift 6: Empowered Governance Shift 7: Innovation Ecosystem Shift 8: Global Prominence Shift 9: Globalized Online Learning Shift 10: Transformed HE Delivery ▪ ▪ 2015 -2025 (HIGHER EDUCATION) ▪ ▪ ▪ Shift chapters ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Final Sections ▪ ▪ Stakeholder Outcomes Enablers to improve outcomes Conclusion Appendices and glossary 2

HIGHER EDUCATION IN BRIEF 67, 746 Academic Staff (Ph. D 15, 461 - 23%) Enrollment (1, 253, 501) • • • Education Act (Amendment 1996) • National Council On Higher Education Act (1996) Universities and University Colleges Act (Amendment 2012) Private Higher Educational Institutions Act (1996) (Act 555) • MQA Act (2007) NOT to be published without permission of Mo. HE Public HLIs = 618, 180 Private HLIs = 524, 350 Polytechnics = 89 503 International Community Colleges = students 21 468 Undergraduate Total = 1. 2 level mil = 80, 206 Post-graduate level = 27, 812 5 Research Universities Total = 107, 838 4 MTUN (TVET) 11 Comprehensive Universities 14 HICo. E Source: MEB(HE) 2015 -2025 3

NOT to be published without permission of Mo. HE 4

10 SHIFTS 1 2 Nation of Lifelong Learners 5 Wider adoption of APEL 7 13 3 4 5 6 16 National credit bank/ system 7 8 9 18 10 PSH Increased support/ assistance for LLL

3 Lifelong learning (LLL) enables Malaysians to meet the changing skill needs of a high-income economy and maximises the potential of individuals who are currently outside the workforce through reskilling and upskilling opportunities. It also enables the development of personal interests and talents for a more fulfilled life where Malaysians of all ages constantly seek out learning opportunities to enrich themselves. Lifelong learning will become a way of life for all Malaysians. There will be high quality formal, non-formal, and informal programmes in a wide range of disciplines and topics to support both professional and personal development. Everyone will have access to these opportunities, regardless of income level or background. To achieve these outcomes, the Ministry will increase public awareness of the benefits of LLL, raise the quality of existing programmes and introduce more innovative programmes to broaden the appeal of LLL. Key initiatives within this Shift include: Creating a framework for recognising prior learning, including the establishment of clear pathways for re-entry into the education system, establishing a national credit system to enable accumulation of modular credits over time, and stipulating clear criteria for recognising prior experience; Launching stakeholder engagement programmes that incentivise participation, and improving the existing marketing infrastructure (for example, smartphone applications, portal) to make it easier for the public to search for information on available programmes; and Continuing to provide financial support to disadvantaged groups and tax reduction incentive schemes to companies, and to work with financial institutions to create financial 6

10 SHIFTS 1 Quality TVET Graduates Increase capacity, quality and levels Enrolment 2012 250 K 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 New Increase Industry. Collaborative enrolment led Models curriculum 2. 5 X Enrolment 2025 650 K

10 SHIFTS 1 2 3 Financial Sustainability 90% Government support OE in public HLIs 4 5 6 7 6% 8 9 10 7% Per year Increased student enrolment Increase cost in Higher Education

10 SHIFTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Globalised Online Learning Open Online 70% Courses using Blended Learning 9 10 SEP 2014 M O O C Massive 8 The first involvement of public universities in MOOCs Courses 20

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CURRENT STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Nonetheless, challenges and concerns remain Insufficient R&D outputs Low Commercialization of RND Solution provider to community (lack visibility) Minimal focus on unity and values Poor performance on rankings Graduates lack communication skills Graduates lack 21 st Century Skills Lack of industryacademia collaboration Challenges facing higher education Lack of financial sustainability HLIs micromanaged and lack autonomy Low return on investment Lack of access to Higher Education, insufficient support for Education for All (EFA ) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 11

The Blueprint will address all the challenges and concerns identified upfront Innovation Ecosystem: PPRN, AIN, CREST Minimal focus on unity and values Holistic, Entrepreneurial & Balanced Graduates: Mata Pelajaran Umum, YSS, Entrepreneurial and experiential education Insufficient R&D outputs Shifts that address challenges and concerns Poor performance on rankings Lack of industryacademia collaboration Graduates lack communication skills Challenges facing higher education Graduates lack 21 st Century Skills Empowered Governance Challenges and concerns Higher Learning Talent Excellence, Innovation Ecosystem. Global Prominence Quality TVET Graduates, Innovation Ecosystem Lack of financial sustainability Financial Sustainability Low return on investment HLIs lack autonomy Lack of access to Higher Education, insufficient support for Education for All (EFA ) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Financial Sustainability, Holistic, Entrepreneurial & Balanced Graduates, Nation of Lifelong Learners, Globalised Online Learning 12