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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Facon Education Fair

December is a suitable time for education fair in Malaysia. That is why the organizer had mounted the Facon Education Fair. The main objective to to provide the opportunity for Malaysians to gather vital information that will help to shape their choices in education and development. The Elements in Education Fair.  1. Meet the Education Institution. 2. Get Scholarship Information 3. Listen to Academic Presentation 4. Career personality Test 5. Career Talk. A. Fair Schedule - 8-9 Dec 2012 - Putra Trade Center - Kuala Lumpur - 11 Dec...

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Force Field Analysis

 Assignment 1 Force Fields Analysis Lecturer: Dr Kamal Kishore Jain Jo           MB2-00027       Date Due : 18 August 2001 Submitted : 22 August 2002   Question: Assignment 1: BMM 7173 Assume that several students have petitioned your instructor to grade your current course in organization...

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Education Blue Print 2013- 2025

The Malaysian is rather good a making blueprint or plans. What is very lacking is its implementation. This is obvious in many areas, such as the road traffic situation and managing the financial operation. Even in education system, we tend to lag behind. This are the examples.. - many were affected by the suspension of the gold investments companies. Some are starting to ask the questions, why the crack down is now, and not when it first started. If the companies had done illegal activities, it must had been illegal earlier.Million of RM had been...

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Malaysian Studying in US

Malaysian who can effort it prefers to have his children to study overseas. The tradition destination is UK, basically due to the historical links and similarity of the education system. However, the number of students opted to pursue their education in US is on the rise. Currently there are about 7000 Malaysian studying in US. The number is considered rather small when you compare to students from China and India. China is the largest groups consisting...

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Your Future in Medicine - St George University

My daughter is in form 4 now. I am looking at the option for her study, thus I am capturing and the interested course of study. I am not very sure whether this courses conducted by St George University is approved by Malaysia Medical Boa...

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Choosing What to Study after SPM

Studying seem to be a burden for some people. There seem to be too many things to consider in choosing the course after SPM. For the benefit of foreigners, SPM is the examination set my the Malaysian Education Department. It is like the GCE O level, given to student on his/her 11 year of schooling. From experience and taking to children, there are 3 persons that determine the students study path. They are: 1. The students himself. 2. The parent/...

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Job of a Pharmacists

The job of a pharmacists include: - recording the medical history of a patient. - identifying the goals of a drug therapy. - working with a patient on the self-medication. - counselling patients on medical prescription. - recommend to the doctors on the drug selection. - maintaining patients drugs profile. His or her other activities include, giving drugs information to the doctors and patients, preparing materials to be used for drugs and dispensing the drugs. The Jobs Opportunities     With a more liberated medical care in you country,...

Monday, August 27, 2012

The Prodigy's Dreams

Jeshaiah is 13 years old. However unlike his other 13 years old colleagues, he had completed his A level. He did his O level in 2010 at UCSI and subsequently pursue the A level under scholarship. He took 4 A level subjects, Physics, Chemisty, Biology and mathematics. However he is still finding problem to find a university that is willing to accept him due to his young age. He wanted to do mechantronis, mainly due to his fascination with robot. When asked of his readiness to enroll in a university, Jeshaiah wished that he would be given...

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Free Online Courses

Coursera.Org - Courses from 16 Universities A group of World's top universities are cooperating to offer online courses for free. The courses are available at coursera,org, The courses are offered from Princeton University, Standford and two other US universities. In the same note, a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched the Khan Academy offerring thousands of video lectures. In May 2012, another two well known institutions,...

Friday, August 3, 2012

PreUniversity in Malaysia

The traditional qualification required for the students entry into university was the A level. When Malaysia started to introduce the Malay Language as the mean of education, a new equivalent qualification of STPM was created. In early 70s, many of the Malaysian Universities introduced the "preuniversity" program. Slowly, the program gathered popularity and became one of the main stream of inputs for the university students. With the introduction...

Monday, July 23, 2012

Healthcare Study at KPJ

KPJ university college is situated in Nilai Negeri sembilan. The address is is KPJ Nilai Campus, Lot 17010, Persiaran Seriemas, Kota Seriemas, Nilai. It is owned by the same group that own 21 KPJs network of hospitals.The college has been known to produce nearly 5000 nurses and healthcare professionals and was accorded the university status in 2011.The programs offered are:a. collaborative program with John Moore University of Liverpool UK giving a three year Diploma Program for Operating Department Practice Prog...

Friday, July 20, 2012

Rebrand of Form 6

Malaysia still retain the education system inherited from the British. They have the  equivalent of 'O' level in the 11 year of schooling. Then the students will enter Form 6 for 2 years. It will be the lower 6 and Upper 6. Then they will sit for the A level equivalent known locally as STP. The current education minister and DPM had made the announcement to rebrand Form Six and "to upgrade inline with the pre-U education. Part of the approach is to place form 6 at a special study center away from the other, ... "they are more matured in their...

Monday, July 9, 2012

Scholarship Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng

Yayasan Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng is offering a number of scholarship for the year 2012 and 2013. Offer To: 1. Malaysian citizens admitted into first year or second year in a local public or private universities undergoing Undergraduate studies in the following discipline... a. Agriculture/ Forestry/ Horticulture b. Engineering (Mechanical/ Chemical/ Electrical and Instrument) c. Accounting d. Property Management/ Property evaluation e....

Monday, July 2, 2012

MAHSA UNIVERSITY COLLEAGE

Mahsa started as a nursing college. Now that, the nursing colleges are struggling as there seem to be too many students have been trained, Mahsa took the bold step to venture into the related study of Medicine and Pharmacy. It does seem they had taken the right strategy. The college is taking intakes from SPM or O level for its foundation studies. Then, after passing the foundation, the students may choose 8 courses of studies, including the...

MANIPAL UNIVERSITY

Manipal University is one of the recognised universities for Malaysian to become a doctor. Now with the Melaka- Manipal College, it make it easier for Malaysian to pursue their dreams. Three courses were advertised: - Degree in Medicine      5 years - Degree in destistry - Foundation studies Another Advertisement on 9 Sept 2012 showed... - Accreditated Degree in Medicine, a five year program - Degree in Dentistry - Foundaton...

Sunday, June 17, 2012

penang medical college

The star 17 Jun 2012 took a full page advertisement to congratulate the students of 2012 on receiving - MB BCh BAO - LRCSI and LRCPI Over 100 students were listed and surprisingly the majority were Mala...

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Quest University Perak

MBBS - Study medicine in Malaysia is becoming more affordable with the opening of Quest International University in Perak. .  Cost: RM 225,0000 in 5 years. Address: No 227 Plaza Teh Teng Seng, Level 2, Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun Perak Tel: 1800 88 7487 Features - Futuristic curriculum - Problem based Learning - clinical and prclinical training in Perak. - high quality experienced academic staff - research project and elective...

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Perodua Scholarship

The local paper (star 2Jun12)advertised the Perodua Scholarship for the study in the following fields: - Business Study - Art and Social Science - Engineering - Information Technology - Accounting and Finance - Industrial Design - Environmental Health and Safety The General Criteria. Applications are invited for those who meet the following requirements: - Malaysian Citizen - Age not exceeding 23 years - Excellent Academic result - Full time...

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Malaysian Free Visa

Malaysia was hit by spate of social problems caused by foreigners. We have millions of illegal immigrants from the neighboring countries like Indonesia and Thailand. Lately another group of ethics causing uneasiness among the local. They are the "students" from Africa.The Africa are suppose to be international students, but a number were caught in the illegal activities like prostitution and thief and robberies.Lately, the minister in the high education department was quoted to be saying the the issue of visa on arrival will be stopped. Probably...

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Form four Basic Physics

My daughter is starting her form four physics. As it was my favorite subject when I was schooling I tried to assist her with what I learned 40 years ago.She also has to learn about average velocity..and displacemen...

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Kuala Lumpur Ranked 44th

Kuala Lumpur was ranked 44th position as the best destination for global students. The ranking was conducted by QS Quacquarelli Symonds.Many students will choose their study destinations, not totally based on the university ranking. It is accepted that university ranking is important, but the city and the country of study is also important. Factors such as affordability, cultural acceptance and accessibility can affect the selection.To be eligible for the ranking, the city must have at least 2 internationally ranked universities and the population...

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Plight of Pharmacies

The story about the plight of a group of pharmacy graduate caught the attention of many Malaysia. One of them is Sara. She worked hard for 6 long years, putting all her attention to getting good result and eyeing to serve community when she graduate.In Malaysia, all Malaysian graduates of doctors, dentists and pharmacy are required to serve the government in order to get the license. For pharmacists, they have only to serve 1 year, it use to 3 years earlier. It is believed that the difficulty to get the government job is caused by the system within...

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND COST OF CAPITAL ASSIGNMENT

The purpose of this assignment is to enable students to evaluate the capital structure and cost of capital of a selected company and its possible impact on shareholders wealth. Company is selected when there is significant change in the capital structure (debt-equity) over 2-3 years. The student is expected to do the followings: Identify the rationale for capital structure changes Compute the debt equity ratios for the relevant...