In the year 1996, (kementerian
Pendidikan Malaysia) had created the concept of smart school which
is the centre of teaching and learning. The main technology in
bringing the smart school to life is the application of the Multimedia
Super Corridor. Malaysia Smart school is a learning institutions
that had been recreated to help the student learn more efficiently
and easy. This will ensure the students to face the technology
era.
The teaching process that links to the curriculum, pedogy, translating,
and the teaching stuff will be recreated to help the student learnt
more efficiently. And of course this school concept will encourage
the student to have their own ways of studies without any limits.
The school management could have their work in a higher quality
since the school management will be computerize. Everyone, including
parents, teachers, or even personnel can involve and play a major
role in managing the school to achieve the best prestige.
MRSM BITARA
MRSM BITARA brought by the Majlis Amanah Rakyat is similar to the Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia
program called Sekolah Bestari which uses IT technology as a medium in the daily studies.
Futhermore MRSM BITARA also uses a new alternative by giving the students a chance to enrich they knowledge
in most of the acedemic and non-acedemic activities. MRSM BITARA also uses a new methods everyday learning by
not just teaching student what they need to know to get good grade but also to make themselves prepared for
the university life ahead and most of all to be a leader. Students in MRSM BITARA have many chances to become a leader such
as joining in a PUM ( Program Usahawan Muda ) which likely training students to be a successful buisness man or
woman, the BWP ( Badan Wakil Pelajar ) that give them the chance to lead a small society within the bounderies of their college.
Today, there are 4 MRSM BITARA in Malaysia which is :
MRSM BITARA PENGKALAN CHEPA
MRSM BITARA TAIPING
MRSM BITARA JASIN
MRSM BITARA LANGKAWI
BITARA is a combinations of word that represent the qualities that MARA's trying to be a habit for the MRSM BITARA's student.
IN Malay Language Bitara stand for the best of all.
UNITEN started in 1976 as Institut
Latihan Sultan Ahmad Shah (ILSAS), which served for many years
as a corporate training intitute for Malaysia's National Electricity
Board (LLN). In 1990, LLN was corporatised and renamed as Tenaga
Nasional Berhad (TNB). In 1994 TNB transformed ILSAS into an institute
of higher learning and renamed it as Institut Kejuruteraan Teknologi
Tenaga Nasional (IKATAN). The institute offered academic programmes
at undergraduate and graduate levels on a twinning basis with
local and overseas universities.
In 1997, the institute became Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN),
one of the first private universities to be set up in Malaysia.
UNITEN is operated as a wholly owned subsidiary company of TNB.
Educational and training programmes are offered by UNITEN's College
of Engineering, College of Business Management, Centre for Languages
and General Education, Institut Sultan Ahmad Shah (ISAS) and Consultancy
and Training Bureau.
The Monash University Campus
at Bandar Sunway is one of seven campuses of Monash University.
Established on 23 February 1998, it is the first campus of Monash
University located outside of Australia and is the first campus
of a foreign university to be set up in Malaysia.
As one of the Monash campuses, the Malaysian campus is subjected
to Monash University for all matters related to academic development,
teaching and support. The Monash University Act, rules and regulations
are observed to ensure that the academic quality expected of Monash
University are met. The Monash University Malaysia, operating
as a private foreign university, has many features that distinguish
it from private, non-university institutions of higher learning
in Malaysia. These relate not only to the prestigious Monash degree
programs offered to students but, more importantly, to the uncompromising
stand Monash has to excellence in teaching, in learning resources,
in student services and in overall management to provide a true
university environment for university students. The degree courses
offered at Monash University Malaysia, are selected to meet the
demands of the students and their relevance to the needs of society.
They are conducted under the auspices of the Faculties of Monash
University. Hence, instruction and experience received in all
course work are similar to what students studying in Australia
receive.
In line with requirements of the University, academic staff of
Monash University Malaysia, have degree qualifications at least
one level above the programs they teach i.e. having Master or
Ph.D. degrees. The Campus staff are interviewed and selected by
the Faculties of Monash University. They not only are highly qualified
in the areas they teach but also have relevant teaching experience
in their fields of expertise. Registered as Monash University
staff, they are active in research and so as to enhance the relevance
of their teaching. The Campus is equipped with the required teaching
learning resources for the courses it offers. Computers, software,
laboratory equipment, library and reference materials are available
to students. The Multimedia Resource Centre also provide students
with internet access and e-mail facilities. In addition, students
have coded access to course materials and the library resources
of Monash University, Australia, including restricted Monash materials
via the Monash Internet. With the quality control measures, external
and internal, in place, Monash University Malaysia, is dedicated
to providing students with a world class education and the coveted
Monash degrees. Together with Monash University's commitment to
global education, Monash University Malaysia, will be a unique
experience for students in the Asia Pacific region. It is set
to contribute in a major way to making Malaysia a regional centre
of educational excellence.
The International Islamic University
Malaysia (IIUM) offers students a unique opportunity for academic
excellence and individual growth. The University is committed
to a rigourous, comprehensive approach to higher learning. IIUM
regards knowledge as a trust from Allah to be utilised, in accordance
with His guidance, for the benefit of human life. Thus, the University
honours intellectual enquiry, considering the quest for knowledge
to be an act of worship. By integrating sources of revealed knowledge
with an arts and sciences curriculum the University contributes
both to the enrichment of the intellectual tradition and the advancement
of the individual and society. The International Islamic University
Malaysia (IIUM) was founded in 1983 by the Government of Malaysia
and co-sponsored initially by the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference (OIC) and a few muslim countries. The Prime Minister
of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, took the initiative
to establish the University in 1982 and formed a committee to
actualise the project by May 1983. The University was established
under the Malaysian (Company Act) so as to allow the university
to use English as the medium of instruction. This is due to the
fact that Malaysian law does not allow a public university to
use the medium of instruction other than Bahasa Malaysia. The
University operates under the direction of a Board of Governors
with representatives from the sponsoring governments and organisations,
namely: Malaysia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Libya, the Maldives, Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.
Close links have been established between IIUM and such national
and international institutions as the League of Islamic Universities,
the International Association of Universities, and the Association
of Commonwealth Universities. Affiliations with local businesses
have enabled IIUM students to gain practical work experience in
the application of their chosen disciplines in industry, in addition
to their normal campus-based course work. The first group of 153
students graduated from IIUM in 1987, and the University takes
pride in the fact that its graduates have made a significant impact
in Malaysia, as well as in many other countries. They have demonstrated
excellence not only in the public and private sectors, but also
in universities throughout the world where they have completed
higher studies.There are approximately 7,165 undergraduate and
1,231 postgraduate students, including 1,467 international students
from ninety two (92) countries, reflecting the geographic and
cultural diversity of the ummah. IIUM students are highly motivated
and academically talented, many mastering two or more languages.
Many also pursue double degrees, for example in Human Sciences
and Revealed Knowledge, Laws and Shari'ah, etc. The IIUM faculty
is a distinguished group of scholars whose doctorates or other
final professional degrees are from leading universities around
the globe. Like the student body, the faculty also reflects the
geographical and cultural diversity of the ummah in its inclusion
of many different nationalities. They contribute to and edit professional
and scholarly journals, author texts, undertake research, speak
at international seminars and conferences, and are frequently
consulted by scholarly, civic and corporate agencies. Malaysian
graduates of IIUM have performed very well in both the public
and private sectors. This is testimony to the high academic standards,
language skills, and international exposure of IIUM graduates.
Since 1987 IIUM has been producing about 3,000 graduates annually.
Based on student performance, Malaysia Business Week in 1995 has
ranked it as the number one university in Malaysia. Graduates
of the Faculty of Economics may find jobs as auditors, tax consultants,
tax officers, bank officers, management accountants, project consultants,
bursars, finance managers, business executives, accountants, marketing
managers, government officers, lecturers and economists. Graduates
of the Faculty of Engineering majoring in Computer and Information
Systems Engineering may find jobs as software engineers, hardware
engineers, service engineers, production engineers, product quality
engineers, project engineers, sales and marketing engineers, and
systems analysts. Engineers majoring in manufacturing may find
jobs as service engineers, production engineers, product quality
engineers, process engineers, manufacturing engineers, project
engineers, sales and marketing engineers, design engineers, and
industrial engineers. Engineers majoring in Mechatronics may find
jobs as software engineers, service engineers, production engineers,
product quality engineers, process engineers, mechatronics engineers,
project engineers, sales and marketing engineers, and design engineers.
IIUM law graduates may seek jobs as magistrates, deputy public
prosecutors, legal draftsmen, legal advisors in various federal
and state government offices, lecturers, and in Islamic judicial
services. In the private sector, law graduates may find jobs as
legal practioners, legal advisors, personnel managers, or as peguam
syariat (Shari'ah lawyers). Graduates of Islamic Revealed Knowledge
and Human Sciences may find jobs in both the public and private
sectors -- as government officers in various departments, psychologists,
teachers, writers, journalists, editors, or in many other similar
fields.