This year 2,749 (6.84%) Indians from the total intake of 40,184 students have been offered places to pursue their studies in various courses. In 2007, 6.1 per cent Indian students were admitted into public universities. Although it is just an increase of 0.7 per cent this year, it is hoped that it would certainly pave a way for further increase in intake in the coming years.
On the other hand the intake of Indian students in the critical or competitive courses has declined compared to previous year. In 2006, 6.12 per cent of the 4,635 places in the competitive courses were offered to Indian students. It has declined to 5.56 per cent this year.
The places offered for Indians in all 7 competitive courses except Medicine and Electronic Engineering have seen a decline. This year 8.6 per cent of the 930 medical seats have been secured by Indians compared to 8.0 per cent in 2006. The number of Indians accepted into electronic engineering has risen to 5.24 per cent compared to 4.62 per cent in 2006. Other competitive courses are Dentistry, Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering, Law and Accountancy.
Some quarters were not satisfied with the ratio of admission of Indians into public universities in the previous years. But this year’s admission seems to be positive for the Indian community. It is important to note that MIC has always been requesting the government to increase the intake of Indian students into the public universities to a satisfactory level. On the other hand Indian students need to study hard in order to get at least 8 to 10 per cent of the total places offered every year.MIC President, Dato Seri S. Samy Vellu has requested those with good results but not secured places to immediately make an appeal to the Higher Education Ministry and send a copy of the application to MIC. He said that MIC will do the needful to help them.
MIC Education Committee
Tingkat 1, Menara Manickavasagam
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50350 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-40422885
Fax: 03-40456377
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