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Pass in STAM not a new requirement, says Kuin senior assistant registrar
ALOR SETAR: The senior assistant registrar of Kolej Universiti Insaniah (Kuin), Muhammad Azki Hafizi Ibrahim, yesterday clarified that the requirement for candidates to pass the Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM) was a basic requirement to qualify for the Syariah degree programme at the college.
He said it was not a new requirement set
by the Higher Education Ministry as claimed by Kuin Rector Professor
Datuk Dr Jamil Osman.
Muhammad Azki Hafizi regarded the action by
Jamil as trying to avoid from being blamed for the blunder on the
enrolment of 34 under-qualified students which resulted in the college
having to pay RM272,00 in fines for breaching the regulation set by the
ministry.
Kuin Senior Assistant Registrar Muhammad Azki Hafizi
Ibrahim said Jamil was avoiding being held responsible for the mistake
by claiming that there was a new condition for students taking up
Syariah degree programme at the college, whereby they were required to
pass the STAM.
“Actually, that is the basic requirement to enroll for Syariah courses at Kuin,” he added.
He
said that based on an agreement signed on Nov 23, 2011 between Kuin and
Kolej Islam Darul Ulum (Kidu) Pokok Sena, students who wanted to enrol
for the Syariah degree programme were required to pass the STAM.
“It
was signed by Jamil himself, who represented Kuin and Kidu, by its
chief executive, Zawawi Ahmad, witnessed by Menteri Besar Datuk Seri
Azizan Abdul Razak and state executive council member Datuk Taulan
Rasul,” he said in a statement here yesterday.
He claimed that in
January 2011, Kuin applied to change the entry requirements for the
programme and was approved by the Higher Education Ministry, while
maintaining the requirement for the pass in STAM.
“Jamil knows
that students who do not meet the requirement set by the ministry, to
pass the STAM, have been sent to study at Kidu, while those who meet the
requirements are sent to the Kuin campus at Mergong,” he added.
On
a claim by Jamil that staff at Kuin did not use available channel to
resolve problems at the college, Muhammad Azki Hafiz, said Jamil and
Azizan, who is the chairman of the Kuin board of directors, were two
individuals who refused to discuss to resolve the problem.
“On May
14, 2012, six Kuin staff went to see Azizan at his residence at Jalan
Sultanah to explain the issue at Kuin, but the outcome was negative
because Azizan still believed in the information provided by Jamil,” he
added.
Muhammad Azki Hafizi said six days later a committee,
representing staff at Kuin, sent a memorandum to Jamil for problems on
the welfare of the staff, including salary, to be solved.
He said a copy was also sent to Azizan, as well as all the board members, but not action was taken.
At
the end of the month, four representatives of Kuin staff went to see
Jamil, but Muhammad Azki Hafizi said Jamil only wanted to see him.
“During the meeting, Jamil only questioned on the validity of the body which we set up to bring up the matter.
“In
fact, after the meeting, I received a letter which was signed by the
rector himself, of my immediate transfer to Baling,” he added.
He
said a second memorandum was handed to Azizan on June 19 last year to
resolve the problem and also a letter to Jamil, the following day, but
there was no respond from them.
“Last Jan 15, Jamil held a meeting
with the staff, but after giving his speech, he left the room, despite
appeals by the staff present for him to stay to discuss the problems,”
he added. — Bernama
