IPTS diarah pulang bayaran yuran RM25,000

2011/07/06

AYER KEROH: Sebuah institusi pengajian tinggi swasta (IPTS) di Cyberjaya, diarah memulangkan bayaran yuran berjumlah RM25,000 kepada seorang ibu yang membiayai anaknya mengikuti program perubatan di situ selepas kelulusannya ditarik balik Majlis Perubatan Malaysia (MMC), Mei lalu.

Arahan kepada Kolej Universiti Sains Perubatan Cyberjaya (CUCMS) itu dikeluarkan Tribunal Tuntutan Pengguna Melaka (TTPM) selepas menerima permohonan Mah Kim Peng, 50, dan jumlah bayaran itu mengikut nilai yuran pengajian Ijazah Sarjana Muda Perubatan bagi satu semester di situ.
Presiden TTPM, Mohd Nasrim Mohd Salleh dalam keputusannya berkata, kolej berkenaan perlu menjelaskan bayaran kepada Mah tempoh 14 hari bermula semalam dan jika gagal berbuat demikian boleh didakwa di mahkamah.

“Selain itu, saya juga menyarankan penuntut memfailkan tuntutan baru bagi mendapatkan semula baki bayaran bagi kos penginapan. Ini kerana jumlah yang beliau tuntut ini adalah maksimum bagi setiap kes,” katanya pada pendengaran kes itu di sini, semalam.

Sementara itu, Mah berkata, ketika mendaftarkan anak lelakinya, Loo Yau Pern, 20, di CUCMS pada Ogos tahun lalu, IPTS itu masih diiktiraf MMC bagi melaksanakan program perubatan berkenaan.

“Saya membayar RM28,075 bagi yuran belajar dan penginapan yang diperuntukkan untuk satu semester pengajian. Bagaimanapun, selepas tamat semester pada 31 Disember lalu, MMC menarik balik kelulusan terhadap kolej universiti itu kerana tidak memenuhi syarat ditetapkan.

“Laporan akhbar ketika itu menyatakan penarikan balik kelulusan itu dibuat kerana kolej berkenaan mendaftarkan pengambilan pelajar melebihi kuota iaitu kira-kira 236 orang, berbanding syarat MMC seramai 150 pelajar,” katanya.
Mah berkata, beliau pernah meminta dan mengemukakan surat kepada pentadbiran CUCMS memohon bayaran terbabit dipulangkan, tetapi gagal memperolehnya selepas tidak dilayan.

“Pengurusan CUCMS memberi alasan anak saya sudah mengikuti pengajian di situ dan menamatkan satu semester. Bayaran berkenaan sebagai menampung kos pengajian berkenaan,” katanya.

KPJ to triple education revenue

The Edge Financial Daily, Tuesday, 26 July 2011

26-07-2011

PUTRAJAYA: KPJ Healthcare Bhd’s education arm has been granted university college status by the Higher Education Ministry, (MOHE), paving the way for the country’s leading healthcare group to become a major education player.

KPJ plans to invest RM12O million in the physical expansion of its education facilities and hopes to triple revenue from its education unit to RM100 million annually from RM3O million in 2010, after the completion of Phase 2 by end-2012. The education arm will now be known as KPJ International University College of Nursing and Health Sciences (KPJIUC).

"Phase 2 of the expansion of the university college in Nilai will cost RM5O million, to be completed by August 2012. Phase 3 will cost RM7O million and will start in 2013. "We hope to acquire the status of a full-fledged university by 2016," said Datin Siti Sa’diah Sheikh Bakir, managing director of KPJ, at the ceremony yesterday where Higher Education Minister Datuk Sen Mohamed Khaled Nordin handed over the certification.

Siti Sa’diah said she hopes the university college will become a regional higher education hub, adding that there are plans to open more campuses in Indonesia and Indochina. With the completion of Phase 2, KPJ’s revenue from education is expected to rise from over RM3O million in 2010.

"We expect to see a rise in revenue to a total of RM100 mulion per year from the university college," said Mohd Helmi Daud, operations manager of KPJIUC. This year, the education arm raked in higher revenue of RM4O million. The university college hopes to see a total enrolment of 5,000 students with the completion of Phase 2, double the current 2,500.

The ultimate aim of the university college is to have an enrolment of 10,000 local and foreign students by 2015. The awarding of the university college status allows KPJIUC to make available its own Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD degrees, unlike previously when it had to partner with other universities.

KPJ has also received approval from the MOHE to establish a medical school offering Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) which it aims to start by September 2012. Siti Sa’diah also said KPJ is planning to open four new hospitals by 2013, increasing its number of hospitals from 20 at present.

These four are slated to be situated in Klarg, Selangor, Pasir Gudang and Muar, Johor, and in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, where its current facility will be moved to the new hospital. The hospital in Klang will cost RM14O million while the others will cost about RM7O million each. KPJ has two hospitals in Jakarta, Indonesia. KPJ’s education unit was started in 1991, when the nursing programme was set up as a means to facilitate the internal needs of the company’s hospitals.

The company is a member of the Johor Corp group of companies, and is listed on Bursa Malaysia’s list of Top 100 cornp ani es. KPJ recently won The Edge Billion Ringgit Club award for Best Performing Stock within the combined Trading! Services, Hotels, IPC and Technology sectors, with returns to shareholders of 55.1% annually over the past three years.