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“In Singapore the decisions to prioritize research, to keep English as the language of instruction, and to follow a merit-based admissions policy have all contributed to the university’s success, the study said, whereas the Malaysian government’s imposition of admissions quotas for different ethnic groups, and a generally higher level of political interference in university management, have kept that university at a disadvantage.”

A study does side by side comparisons of the University of Singapore and the University of Malaysia, “two institutions that both began as offshoots of the same British colonial university.”

Lack of academic and administrative freedom, plus non-meritocratic admissions, guarantee substandard schools.

Margaret Soltan, October 16, 2011 8:42PM
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