SEPULUH RIBU LEBIH PEMEGANG PhD BERDAFTAR

Seramai 10,248 Orang Punyai Kelayakan PHD


KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Dis (Bernama) -- Persidangan Dewan Rakyat diberitahu bahawa sehingga Jun tahun ini, ada 10,248 orang dalam negara yang mempunyai kelayakan ijazah Doktor Falsafah (PhD).

Timbalan Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Dr Hou Kok Chung berkata daripada jumlah itu 8,132 orang adalah dari Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA) dan 2,116 orang lagi dari Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Swasta (IPTS).

"Pada tahun 2008, keluaran graduan PhD di IPT tempatan ialah seramai 840 orang di mana IPTA mengeluarkan 785 orang dan IPTS 55," katanya menjawab soalan Datuk Siringan Gubat (BN-Ranau) yang ingin tahu bilangan pemegang PhD yang terkini dan kesahihan kesemua pemegang PhD.

Hou berkata sehingga Mac 2009, terdapat 13,361 orang pelajar sedang mengikuti pengajian di peringkat PhD di IPTA.

"Sehingga hari ini, kesemua pemegang PhD yang diketahui kementerian adalah sahih," tambahnya.

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PhD holders jobless among thousands registered with portal
AT THE DEWAN RAKYAT
Reports by LEE YUK PENG, ZULKIFLI ABD RAHMAN, LOH FOON FONG AND TEH ENG HOCK

DOCTORATE holders are among those who registered with JobsMalaysia, a government portal to help graduates get jobs.

Deputy Human Resources Minis-ter Senator Datuk Maznah Mazlan said from the 69,760 job hunters who registered with the portal, 18 held doctorates, 1,165 had Masters degrees, 36,985 were Bachelor degree holders while 31,592 had diplomas.

As of last Friday, she added Universiti Teknologi Mara graduates topped the list from public universities with 12,768 applications.

This was followed by Universiti Utara Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with 4,151 and 2,943 applicants respectively.

The majority majored in business administration, electric, electronics and telecommunications engineering, mechanical and mechatronics engineering, accounts and pure sciences.

“The number of job hunters, however, does not reflect fully on the unemployment rate among the graduates as some are already working but are hoping to get a better job or seeking to switch jobs,” she told the Dewan Rakyat in response to a question from Datuk Baharum Mohamed (BN – Sekijang).

Meanwhile, Deputy Higher Educa-tion Minister Dr Hou Kok Chung said copies of a guide book written by two Universiti Putra Malaysia lecturers who were reported to have plagiarised materials were taken off the shelves and destroyed.

He added the lecturers were given a warning with royalty from sales of the book turned over to the university.

Replying to Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (PAS – Kuala Selangor), Dr Hou said the ministry viewed plagiarism seriously but the matter was considered closed following the university’s action taken against the duo.