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AFRICAN COUNTRIES RECOGNISE MALAYSIA AS EDUCATION HUB, SAYS EDUCATIONIST
By Noor Farhana Ahmad Norain
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) -- Thanks to the series of Langkawi
International Dialogue which started in 1995, African countries are increasingly recognising Malaysia as an education hub and a stepping stone to improving their academic credentials plus providing a much-needed international boost to their career.
Binary University College Executive Chairman and CEO Prof Joseph Adaikalam said today African students who might have had moderate ambitions back home were inspired to scale new academic heights as well as acquire entrepreneurial skills after converging in Malaysia.
"They are willing to learn. Some African students are excellent and they have done very well in their studies. They are not here to waste their time.
They have a lot to do and they acknowledge Malaysia for that (as an education hub)," he said.
In an interview at the university's campus in Puchong Jaya, near here ahead of the Langkawi International Dialogue 2011 to be held in Putrajaya from June 18 to 21, he said that smart partnerships between Malaysia and African countries had helped bridge the gap between them in terms of education.
Binary University College has been actively participating in LID over the past decade, promoting education and entrepreneurship among African countries to help them move towards a middle-income nation, a prerequisite to lift their economies out of the doldrums.
It was the LID which provided the all-important linkage between Malaysia and Africa to pursue smart partnerships in areas such as education as well as trade and investment when many other countries were not too keen to look to Africa, he said, adding that this was why leaders should make it a point to attend LID 2011 to push the envelope to provide educational opportunities for their youths.
He said Binary University College played a crucial role in helping Malaysia become an education hub by offering scholarships to international students to study marketing, information and communications technology (ICT) and entrepreneurship.
"The students will graduate with recognised degrees and are ISP (Industry Specialist Professional) certified. This is what we can offer to the Africans.
"We can provide managers who know the industry, marketers who know the industry, so they can go back and create such industries in their home country," he added.
Adaikalam said that by having many international students in the country, they can learn from Malaysia's success and bring it back home.
However, the challenge was to pick the right and good students who were really interested in pursuing their studies.
"We in Binary have been extremely careful. We have students from 43
countries. We are a no-nonsense player in education.
"If you want to achieve something, we would go the extra mile to help you as we are genuine. We are really serious about what Malaysia has to do to emerge as a preferred educational hub," he said.
-- BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) -- Thanks to the series of Langkawi
International Dialogue which started in 1995, African countries are increasingly recognising Malaysia as an education hub and a stepping stone to improving their academic credentials plus providing a much-needed international boost to their career.
Binary University College Executive Chairman and CEO Prof Joseph Adaikalam said today African students who might have had moderate ambitions back home were inspired to scale new academic heights as well as acquire entrepreneurial skills after converging in Malaysia.
"They are willing to learn. Some African students are excellent and they have done very well in their studies. They are not here to waste their time.
They have a lot to do and they acknowledge Malaysia for that (as an education hub)," he said.
In an interview at the university's campus in Puchong Jaya, near here ahead of the Langkawi International Dialogue 2011 to be held in Putrajaya from June 18 to 21, he said that smart partnerships between Malaysia and African countries had helped bridge the gap between them in terms of education.
Binary University College has been actively participating in LID over the past decade, promoting education and entrepreneurship among African countries to help them move towards a middle-income nation, a prerequisite to lift their economies out of the doldrums.
It was the LID which provided the all-important linkage between Malaysia and Africa to pursue smart partnerships in areas such as education as well as trade and investment when many other countries were not too keen to look to Africa, he said, adding that this was why leaders should make it a point to attend LID 2011 to push the envelope to provide educational opportunities for their youths.
He said Binary University College played a crucial role in helping Malaysia become an education hub by offering scholarships to international students to study marketing, information and communications technology (ICT) and entrepreneurship.
"The students will graduate with recognised degrees and are ISP (Industry Specialist Professional) certified. This is what we can offer to the Africans.
"We can provide managers who know the industry, marketers who know the industry, so they can go back and create such industries in their home country," he added.
Adaikalam said that by having many international students in the country, they can learn from Malaysia's success and bring it back home.
However, the challenge was to pick the right and good students who were really interested in pursuing their studies.
"We in Binary have been extremely careful. We have students from 43
countries. We are a no-nonsense player in education.
"If you want to achieve something, we would go the extra mile to help you as we are genuine. We are really serious about what Malaysia has to do to emerge as a preferred educational hub," he said.
-- BERNAMA
