PROSPERITY, SOLIDARITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WITH PAKATAN RAKYAT

A Culture of Knowledge is the Core of our Universities

Under UMNO/BN administration, our universities are trapped in a  crisis of credibility and quality. This  is a pressing and major problem for the nation. Pakatan Rakyat believes that no further time can be wasted, and that urgent and specific attention  is needed, with  a concerted effort to restore the standard of our universities. Pakatan Rakyat pledges to:

• Restore intellectual and academic freedom to the universities, by ending all forms of political interference in their administration.
• Create a Selection Panel, staffed by experts, to shortlist and assess the suitability of candidates to lead the universities. We shall ensure that the best possible candidates are placed  at the head of our universities. We are committed to the principle of academic meritocracy in universities.
• Fully support our students’ struggle to repeal AUKU and restore the right of university students to express themselves and engage fully in political thoughts and activities.
• Solve the funding crisis in higher education. PTPN’s deficit is projected to reach a stratospheric RM46 billion within a decade. We would reduce the  financial burden of  student loans by offering  interest-free  schemes and allowing repayments to commence six months after entering full-time employment.
• Guarantee the right of every qualified Malaysian to obtain tertiary  and further education at minimal cost.
• Restore the  rakyat’s  right to educational scholarships, as enshrined in the Federal Constitution, for those who are deserving. We pledge to limit the need for costly private education.

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