Yoursay Free But Poor Quality Education Is Meaningless

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YOURSAY | ‘Our education system doesn’t prepare students for the real world.’Maszlee: We'll try to fulfil free education promise in two, three yearsAce: Education in Malaysia is already free for many people - some are on scholarships, some get National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) loans and when they graduate, just refuse to pay back. If action is threatened, they just go and demonstrate. So, it's already free, isn't it

Anyway, if a minister cannot come up with programmes and strategies to improve our education system, the easiest and "most popular" thing to do is to give out freebies
The Education Ministry has already suggested free breakfast earlier and now free education? What else is the education minister going to offer? Free housing for the students and their parents too, perhaps
Maszlee Malik, what you are doing does not require much thinking. Do you know that it's the people’s money that you are spending
Atilia: Free but poor-quality education is meaningless. Our graduates can’t even find jobs. The truth is that most of them are expecting the government to give them jobs
Something is seriously wrong with our country’s education system. The current education system just doesn’t prepare the poor students for the real world out there
Anonymous_1cfb3ab6: Indeed, free education is useless. So is free khat (Islamic calligraphy) lessons
What is needed is quality and relevant education that will help each and every student be competitive and find good jobs in the future
Not just either waiting for a government job or hawking at the ‘pasar malam’ (night market)
Anonymous_1552653558: Yes, our education minister cannot just offer freebies
Whose money are you using? And what is the cost of the free education that the government has to bear
You said at the university level - on top of the government subsidies, there are still minimal fees that the students have to pay. So, it is not really free, is it
Also, it cannot be free for the same reason that you have to pay the teachers, staff and maintenance of the schools and universities
Appum: Free education? How about getting rid of racists and bigots in our education system
A once top and respected university is now led by an allegedly racist vice-chancellor (VC)
How can students be trained to be objective in their perspectives and decisions in life and in leadership when they have such people as their leader/role model
The free education concept will not amount to anything with people like the VC in the system
A university is not solely an institution for knowledge but training for character and leadership in future employment
Can an allegedly racist man running the university set a good example? They should all be sacked or resign immediately
Don’t talk about free education when you have not freed your mind from quotas and privileges
WilliamWallace: There should be no such thing as free education. Students should be given a loan for their studies but they must settle the debt once they start working
The Australian system is probably the best most well-balanced system in the world and they offer great work opportunities
International students can work up to 40 hours per fortnight in Australia, which will help you pay for things like nights out with friends or short trips over holiday breaks
Students also have the opportunity to stay in Australia to work once they have graduated, taking advantage of the post-study work visa
Clever Voter: Once again, we are subjected to mental torture by reading such a report on the education minister’s plans and aspirations
He should know he could do more with the taxpayers’ money but spending on foolish things is not going to make graduates more relevant or employable
Salvage Malaysia: No tuition fees in two to three years’ time? Sorry, I find it hard to believe
If I were the education minister, I would study whether it is viable, three years from now, for tuition fees to be reduced by one-third
Then and another three years to reduce another one-third and by the ninth year, it’s free
India trade body tells members not to import M'sian palm oilKural: When many of the world powers were cautious for very legitimate reasons due to the complexity of the Kashmir issue, our prime minister went in headstrong with an accusatory reference of ‘invasion’ at a speech of heads of state at the United Nations
This was very careless, if not just bold misplaced confidence at a potential adversary’s docility
One can’t pontificate on the perceived shortcomings of another when one is confronting a bagful of grievances at once’s own doorstep
Indeed, hard lessons to be learnt here. However, the tone/wordings of references regarding the reprisal by India seems to hold hope for a rapprochement
Bluemountains: Will Dr Mahathir Mohamad say sorry to the people of India? I have my doubts
Clearly, Mahathir is now a great liability to the local palm oil industry as well as the nation
He should now step aside and let PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim repair the damage done before India starts to boycott other products as well. - Mkini

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