{"id":1970,"date":"2010-06-20T00:25:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T16:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nurulizzah.com\/site\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2021-02-05T23:15:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T15:15:01","slug":"democratise-education-first-says-nurul-izzah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nurulizzah.com\/site\/democratise-education-first-says-nurul-izzah\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratise education first, says Nurul Izzah"},"content":{"rendered":"

By FMT Staff<\/p>\n

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KUALA LUMPUR: No real innovation will take place without first democratising the education sector and giving autonomy to the higher education institutions, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar said.<\/p>\n

She said that without offering democracy and autonomy to the education field, the ambition of developing a strong human capital will remain a pipe dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocratising the education sector should be followed up by a sense of responsibility and integrity in the nation’s economy,\u201d she said when debating the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) at the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will show the government has the political will to encourage innovation,\u201d said Nurul Izzah, the Pakatan Rakyat’s member of the Science, Innovation and the Environment Committee.<\/p>\n

On June 10, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak unveiled the 10MP which focuses, among others, on nurturing a strong human capital based on skills development and innovation capabilities.<\/p>\n

Nurul Izzah added that currently the nation’s education is not centred on creative and analytical human capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of Global Competitiveness Index, our nation was at 19 in 2007 and tumbled to 21 in the following two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the latest list, we now stand at 24, behind nations like the UAE, Qatar, Luxembourg and New Zealand,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said this is a sign that the nation is in dire need of complete reformation of its education and its economic culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout this complete overhaul, the 10MP will fail,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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