Wednesday, January 07, 2009

USM to Have Special Entrance Exam

Received this blog post from one of my loyal blog readers.

USM, after being selected as APEX University, has now been given the freedom to select the 3,500 undergraduates for next year through a special entrance exam.

They would not be relying on STPM or matriculation, but would be basing on their own entry exam. As of now, I haven't heard of how they are going to conduct the test yet. So, there is that part to look into. Hopefully, it would be a step forward, for USM to be doing things much more meritocratically.

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(檳城)獲得頂尖大學地位的理科大學,將在今年5月公開直接招生,而不需通過大學中心單位(Unit Pusat Universiti)分配。

馬來西亞理科大學校長丹斯里祖基菲里宣佈,這項措施在今年及明年新學年實施,學生可通過理大的網站http://www.usm.my提出申請,至今已獲得1萬3000名學生申請,而大學只錄取約3500名學生。

他指出,理大將會遴選符合資格的學生,其中一項措施是採用“入學測試”,以確定學生符合資格及真正有興趣就讀申請的學系。

祖基菲里是於今日(週二,1月6日)在理大主持國際諮詢及社會工作營開幕禮後,作出上述宣佈,並公佈理大最新教學政策,確保理大學術多元化,提昇學術水平及加強國際競爭性。

理大採取直接錄取學生的措施,突破傳統由大學中心單位分配的方式,將對國內高等教育帶來深遠影響。

祖基菲里說,以往就讀理大的學生是由大學中心單位分配,而今理大得到頂尖大學地位後,也獲得直接錄取學生的待權。

他指出,於去年12月17日,理大網站公開招收大學預科班的學生。第2階段是供擁有文憑、同等學術地位、國際學科、甚至A水平等學生申請,以使就讀理大的學生多元化。

“因此,理大學生來源不再集中在大學預科班及大馬高級學校文憑畢業生。有意就讀理大的大馬高級學校文憑畢業生可於今年2月初,在理大網上申請。”

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