<h4><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Higher Education Minister shares his aspirations for a holistic education system for all communities in Malaysia.</strong></span></h4><h4><img class="size-full wp-image-40085 aligncenter fr-fic fr-dii" src="https://img.afterschool.my/storage/uploads/images/getadvice/40084/598a96661fe12.jpg" alt="________EducationInclusive 600x400" width="600" height="400"></h4><p data-empty="true">Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, Malaysia&#39;s Higher Education Minister wrote yesterday in local newspaper, The Star, that the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 and the Higher Education Blueprint 2015-2025 is part of the ministry&#39;s aim to ensure that the education system is holistic, accessible and inclusive for all communities including special needs students.</p><p data-empty="true">He shared his humbling meeting with postgraduate students with eyesight and genetic difficulties from his recent visit to the Universiti Malaya (UM) in this article. According to him, there are 46 special needs students enrolled in UM, and 10 and 54 students studying at UNIMAS and University Sains Malaysia respectively.</p><p data-empty="true">"With the expansion of special needs education at the school level, there is an imperative to ensure that tertiary education is able to meet the needs of society."</p><p data-empty="true"><strong>Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh is Malaysia&#39;s Higher Education Minister. Read his Sunday Star article here. </strong></p>

<p>The oldest university in Malaysia, University of Malaya (UM) offers postgraduate students a world class research university with a wide range of programmes that are constantly evolving to fulfill the needs of employers and students alike. Collaborations with the corporate sector, exchange programmes, top-notch lecturers and guest professors combine to create a rewarding graduate student experience. 40 per cent of UM&rsquo;s existing postgraduate force is made up of foreign students, and the university has placed no limit on the number of international students who wish to become part of their postgraduate student experience. Programmes UM offers specialisations that may not be available in other universities in Malaysia, especially in the medical and education fields. The university has always upheld the highest standards in education, as witnessed by verification from the Malaysian Qualifications Agency for all of its courses on offer. New fundamentals in research that have been put into place has strengthened UM&rsquo;s position in local and foreign publications and citations, raising the quality steadily each year since 2010. Awards/Rankings University researchers have a winning streak at research exhibitions, namely the Seoul International Exhibition Fair, the Malaysian Technology Expo and the International Invention, Innovation and Technology Expo Exhibition 2010. Ranked among the top 200 universities in the world by the THES - QS World University Rankings, UM is also listed in a ranking system by the Ministry of Higher Education that places it firmly in the position of the top university in the country.</p>

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