STRATEGIC PLAN - Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi

strategies are proposed for the next five years (2011-2015):-oIncreasing the number of places in private institutions based on a three-tier system thatincludes studies at certificate, diploma and degree levels:❑❑❑❑❑encouraging existing private institutions to increase admission;upgrading private colleges to university colleges or private universities;strengthening existing distance education programmes (PJJ);expanding enrolment through open entry at private institutions that offer courseson-line; andencouraging private institutions to implement new courses that meet the country’scurrent human resource needs of the country.oPromoting lifelong learning:❑❑❑❑enhancing advanced learning opportunities in the form of in-services training andretraining, particularly of hands-on opportunities;creating advanced academic learning opportunities at diploma, degree and postgraduatelevel through Distance Learning programmes and part-time studies;providing more open and flexible conditions of admission to private institutionsthrough credit transfer system from one private institution to another and fromnon-university private institutions to university colleges, foreign university branchcampuses and private universities; andexpanding student enrolment through "open entry".• Quality of Private Higher EducationThe private HEIs CAP ensures that all courses offered by private institutions are of quality andcapable of earning international recognition. This is to ensure that the graduates produced areknowledgeable, skilled and competent and have the ideal personal characteristics to meet thedemand of the nation’s workforce. These efforts will be implemented based on the followingstrategies:oStrengthening the monitoring and regulation mechanisms of private institutions:The National Higher Education Action Plan 2011 - 201557