A UiTM student’s voice.
I’m sure you guys know about UiTM students protesting against the Selangor MB’s proposal to open up 10 percent of the places at UiTM to non-Malays.The current UiTM vice chancellor Dato’ Seri Prof Dr Ibrahim Abu Shah whacked Khalid Ibrahim’s suggestion and said that “UiTM was the last educational bastion for the Malays and other Bumiputeras to help change their lot, hence no quarters should interfere with its founding objectives and administration.” I’ve also seen press statement from Gamis (Gabungan Mahasiswa Islam Se-Malaysia) making this issue not just about the bumiputeras but about Islam.
Geez.
Anyway, here’s a reply from one of my friends who graduated from UiTM and will be returning soon to teach there. Even if it’s the minority view, she is surely not alone.
Kudos to the Selangor MB for wanting to open UiTM to non-Malays. It should’ve been done a long time ago.
The reaction to this proposal?
A ‘peaceful’ demonstration by some 5000 UiTM students OPPOSING this 10% quota of non-Bumi’s into UiTM. Why? Scared? Scared that you’ll lose privileges? Scared that you’d no longer be spoonfed?
The VC said that UiTM was meant to help the Malays and Malays only, it was established to enable them to pursue a tertiary level education.
Erm…hello?? Yeah, that was awesome 30 years ago, but come off it, it’s 2008, i think we can manage on our own. Then you wanna talk about being the ‘best’, ‘largest’, ‘world-class’ university and everything in between. Then you speak about multi-cultural, multi-racial society and what not. This is the height of racism.
Disgusting. There was nothing peaceful about that demonstration. It screamed blatant discrimination against the other races in this country. As it is, Malays get enough privileges, and of course we’ve got racist MP’s making statements like why should the government help non-Malays? All sources should be directed towards helping the Malays.
Riiiiight…tell the truth…you guys wanna help YOURSELVES!
True, i am a UiTM graduate myself, and trust me, the 5 years i spent there, weren’t exactly the best. There’s so much ass-kissing going on. What’s the harm of trying to improve the quality of education and competitiveness?? Seriously, WHAT’S THE HARM???!!!
Before i left for the United States, i had people come up to me and say ‘Be careful, you’re Muslim, they might discriminate against you and all, especially after 9-11.”
Bullshit.
I’m in friggin’ NYU, N-E-W Y-O-R-K U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-Y….where is New York??? United States right…mat salleh country and in my class, you’ve got people from all over the world. Chileans, Koreans, Indians, Chinese, Canadians, Mexicans…you name, we’ve got them all. And there’s healthy competition. We learn from one another. The Korean isn’t going to hold back any information from me just because i’m not like him. So much for being worried about racism and discrimination, where i am right now, we’re all equal.
COME ON MALAYSIA!!! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!!
It’s time for equal opportunity.
I hate cowards.