Yea, thanks once more for giving me a great guidance, japanese really do concentrating on their own language and that's why i like this country, guess, i'll need to at least get an N2 level to eligible myself in compete with the rest of the applicants.

Looks like i'm going give a call to JPA to inquire more information regarding the scholarship they provided. Panasonic scholarship, added into my going-to-apply-list. Just to put my mind at ease, should i apply now or wait for when i finished with my degree level, as i'm right now in my 2nd sem 2nd year since it will going to be processing for up to 1year?

For panasonic, my friend applied when he was in his final year. He did not need to submit his final results first because he has not graduated yet. At the same time, you need to pass your interviews (my friend failed his 2nd tier interview ) . After you got the scholarship, you need to pass up all documents (including your transcript/final results) and apply for a university in japan.

http://www.panasonic.com.my/wps/portal/hom...hip/eligibility

My other friend who got a scholarship to Japan waited for around half a year. After he graduated from his degree(last year), he applied for it and went to Japan around CNY 2013.

In a gist, it depends on the terms set by the sponsors. You can apply early if they allow it. If not, just wait for it

Another suggestion is to call the Japanese embassy to ask about their scholarship. At the same time, ask them about other entities which offer scholarships to Japan. They should know as any MY student visa goes through them. So..who knows they might tell you some extra info on those scholarship.

Oh my god, i can't express how thankful i am after getting all the guidance u've shown me. Alright, next week i will give them a call to gather more information regarding the scholarship. Thanks again explaining to me in so detailed. In the meantime, before i giving them a call, the best thing i can do is dig out more scholarship available and inquire more on next week. ^^

If your result is not good, definitely, they will encourage you to take up diploma instead of degree....
Even students with good result, they have to study for a year of foundation. Unless, you have completed foundation with so-so result.

My advice, check with them and see what do they offers you. Check the offer letter.
Definitely, something is amiss.

Apart from that, check their hospitality management facilities.... not many universities in M'sia have full facilities for example: Berjaya. Paid a visit to Berjaya or Sunway and experience what is hospitality management and you will have the idea of what to expect from your programme.

Check if this programme merely classroom centered, however hospitality programme requires practice; then you should be able to decide if they are the right place for you to study. To me, it is all about your future...

About time, to pick up and focus on your future by having better grades... or else, you will suffer again when you are choosing your occupation later....

Code: It is just a registration number with MOHE/MQA. Get the offer letter because there are even con-counsellor who know nothing about local regulation or they purposely attracts you to join them. After the induction session, they will reveal the true color... good luck

any idea why engineering course is not recognise by board of engineers in m'sia..
engineering courses takes 4 years, but why TRAC+Shallam only 3 years?

Too many parents are anxious about their children's future but they are not pretty "educated" in the field of higher education institutions.

I came across few friends who did their 1st degree at private U, but unfortunately, I came from a poor family and did mine at public university far north of M'sia.

To compare with their English proficiency, I believe I am still far away from their Band 6 standard. But, to compare on "employability", I am not far less from them. In fact, the background that I have earned from my dissertation's supervisors who have given me extra length to pursue my doctorate today.

If you wanted to enroll your son/daughter in private U, please check their library rather the swimming pool or tennis court, their lecturers' academic qualification rather the university's ranking, number of intakes in a year, engineering labs and if the engineering programmes are accreditated by the board of engineer M'sia.

Before I joined the world of academia, I thought it is easy to become lecturer. It was infact, true with roadside colleges/ universities where I was required to teach 5-8 subjects, coordinating students' activities and marking of exam papers and scripts all year round because my school has 5 intakes in a year. They are just using the academic staff to print out the money. It is true from the business perspectives.

But, now with this current institution, apart from the printed job responsibilities, the lecturers were rewards for producing papers/ adding knowledge into our own field of study, students that we have supervised have the research skills which they can use for future academic advancements, 2 intakes in a year where rests of the time, we sit down and discuss the learning outcomes of a module/ programme, having games/ activities with our students (organised by students as part of their learning experience), establishing code of professionalism etc.

Choose the one which is best for their future.

Because Malaysia signed the Washington Accord which recognized engineering degree even from our local and private university. Let say you go to US with your local engineering degree, you can be 100% sure that your engineering degree will be recognized by them. To make sure all of this, BEM and MQA frequently do "Quality Check" on the universities offering engineering degree to make sure they are up to standards

If the degree is not up to standards, then that degree is no recognized by BEM and MQA. BEM set the rules that that an engineering degree MUST BE AT LEAST 4 YEAR DURATION and any lower is automatically not recognized.

For certain case example, you can take the 3 years course and then do your post grad for another year for a total of 4 years. However, BEM will only consider it as a degree qualification and not post grad or Master qualification. This is because, you only just fulfill the 4 years requirements even though you have taken your master.

Most of this case happen when parents/students want a quickest and fastest way to get a degree cert out. But fail in finding out information if the degree is valid or not. So when a deal is too good to be true, there sure something fishy going behind

How important is LAN or MQA actually..
it seems like the courses are getting longer and longer to complete... for those LAN or MQA type..

Do you want your cert from paper mills or from a recognized university?
I think you can answer that yourself. Employer also do background checks to see if your cert are all true and valid

For Engineering Course, please check carefully on BEM accreditation.

Some of the famous private uni also not yet accredited by BEM.

What are the Universities that are recognized by our BEM and MQA ? Thanks.

Sir,
What do you think of our IPTA compares to IPTS in term s of quality teaching, graduates that one produces, market employeability per se ? Thanks.

Go BEM website and see.. They have a list

pls dont be spoonfed

Thank you, Sir.

Pretty difficult to evaluate who is better. Still, I am a local graduate but I have no problem with employability, learning new skills/ knowledge and development opportunities. But, I can see graduates from those colleges/universities offering degree in engineering which is not recognised by the board of engineer are suffering from unemployment issue. If given me another opportunity, I will choose IPTA. Fees that I have paid is commensurate with the quality teaching and not far less employabilitiness than IPTS graduates unless you are comparing with top notch universities in Malaysia.

If you are referring to communication skill in Bahasa Malaysia, bear in mind that there is less books in Bahasa Malaysia than English. Do you think that we can continue in bahasa m'sia when we moving upward (level 1 to level 3 or postgrad)? If you are investigative in nature, you will pick up and learn something which is new to you, unless you are lazy.

Not always neighbor's grass is greener.

Thanks for the insight. On the other hand, who are the top notch universities in Malaysia referring to your discussion above ?

Does applying for/getting the JPA bursary for pre-U mean that I will have to do my A-level at whatever college/institution they send me to? Because I've already paid my deposit at KTJ but the bursary will help lower my expenditure for pre-U.

it is easier for non bumiputera to get scholarship JPA nowadays?

Hi I have a question in mind. Im a medical student sponsored by JPA and in the contract it stated that there will be 10 years bond like most other medical scholars under JPA. Anyone know if I go through the specialist training later would that 3-4 years count as part of the 10 years bond?

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This post has been edited by amiryare: Dec 9 2013, 12:05 PM