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Wednesday 21 November 2012

Kedah government blamed for not managing Kuin properly

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ALOR SETAR: The state government has come under fire for its failure in managing the state-owned Kolej Universiti Insaniah (Kuin).

Opposition leader Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid (BN Pedu) said the alleged mismanagement had tarnished Kuin's image as it had failed to obtain the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) ac-creditation.

As a result, he said, the student enrolment rate for the college had dropped drastically.

“There are 50 courses being offered by the college, but 12 courses have no students at all,'' he said when debating the state Budget 2013 at the state assembly here yesterday.

Mahdzir added that 20 courses at the institution, with a college-university status, had fewer than 10 students.
“The mismanagement resulted in a waste of money as well. For example, the state government spends RM430,000 every month just to support a medical faculty with only 11 students,'' he said.

It was reported that seven students who graduated with a Bachelor of Quran from Kuin ended up being rubber tappers, taxi drivers and petrol station workers as their certificates were not recognised by the MQA.
“One of the parents told me that Kuin staff had actually submitted the MQA application after the convocation. The state government should explain the delay,'' he said.


Mahdzir also questioned how the state government could expect to generate RM150mil in revenue from land premium collection.

“Based on the previous record, the highest land premium revenue collected for the past five years was RM58mil,'' he said, adding that the RM150mil estimated amount was syok sendiri (self-indulgence).