Can Graduates From Universities in Malaysia Compete With Foreign Graduates?

The number of students graduating from universities in Malaysia is increasing every year. According to the data of the Ministry of Higher Education (2011), in 2009, 113,618 students from public universities and 44,586 students from private universities graduated. However, 115,015 students from public and private universities and 66,767 students graduated in 2010. This shows that the number of graduates increased by 23,578 from 2009 to 2010. It is a good thing to see that the number of graduates increases year by year, but the question is whether they have the same quality as overseas degrees.

Malaysia has doubts about the employability of graduates. According to statistics, many private sector employers prioritize private university graduates rather than public university graduates. Public universities are also criticized by citizens for criticizing the achievements of graduates. Malaysia currently has 22 public universities, universities and technical institutions, and public higher education institutions offering 160,000 research sites. These agencies will provide 80-100% of government funds and will provide students with numerous government scholarships and government supported research loans. Public universities are actively conducting research and are showing amazing growth due to the availability of research funding

The article says "Almost half of the graduates in Malaysia are unemployed or unmatched by employment", but this is due to the fact that Malaysian public university graduates who were unemployed on 27 July 2013 or fell into a discordant career It is 40%. One way to overcome these problems is to encourage more (graduates) to be more entrepreneurs, to do this, to make them more experienced and make it more sustainable is. One of the reasons for unemployment is lack of language skills, especially English, and the work they apply is not sufficiently knowledgeable and competent.

Many of the media do not seem to believe the anecdotal evidence presented, but at this time graduates are competent in their field. Evidence comes from employers, customers, etc. but never has been clearly studied. In Malaysia, English is in the second language, but most graduates do not need to speak a language, so bahasa Melayu is enough.