BY LOOI SUE-CHERN January 20, 2014<\/p>\n
Malaysian universities will automatically improve their ratings if they produce more researches, said Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan (pic). <\/p>\n
He said universities here will have to focus on research and development initiatives to help them compete among their Malaysian counterparts and also other institutions of higher learning overseas. <\/p>\n
\"Universities are not just tasked with producing graduates these days. They must also have initiatives to compete with other institutions worldwide. <\/p>\n
\"If we conduct more researches, we will be able to do better in our ratings (internationally),\" he said today in a press conference at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang. <\/p>\n
It was reported in September last year that Malaysian public universities had continued to fall in the QS World University rankings with only Universiti Malaya (UM) still in the top 200. <\/p>\n
QS said Malaysian universities had not been producing enough cited research although they have quality academics and produced employable graduates. <\/p>\n
Kamalanathan said for universities to conduct more researches and develop products, the private sector also has to play a part. <\/p>\n
He said partnerships between the universities and the industries will help generate more research and development activities. <\/p>\n
The private sector, he said, can contribute by providing resources or funding for researches and to market the products developed. <\/p>\n
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