Public University Students Can No Longer Rely On Academic Performance With New CGPA System
Malaysia will be the first in the world to use this new integrated CGPA system.
By Tang Ruxyn — 10 Aug 2015, 04:14 PM
Five public universities in Malaysia will be using the new Integrated Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) beginning September
The new CGPA system would be implemented in the first shift of the PPPM-PT (Malaysian Education Blueprint) to produce enterprising, holistic and balanced graduates.
According to Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, the new system will not only take into account students' academic performances, but also their involvement in curricular, community, leadership and spirituality activities in measuring their CGPA
“Presently, students who obtain all As in academic performance will obtain a CGPA of 4.00 or four flat but under the integrated CGPA, the student needs to be excellent on the overall to obtain four flat,"said Idris.
“The integrated CGPA will grade students according to their leadership, values, ethics and contributions to the community as well."
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia would be among the first five universities to begin using the integrated CGPA system
"Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia along with four other universities will implement the system during the September student intake and the ministry hopes to expand the system to both technical and research universities," he told reporters after opening the Higher Education ministry's "Soaring Upwards" tour programme.
Earlier this year, Idris Jusoh said that a comprehensive study will be conducted before implementing the integrated CGPA system
“The integrated CGPA will only be implemented within two or three years’ time … perhaps sooner. But we don’t want to rush it to allow ample time for testing before the implementation. We want an assessment system that is suitable and acceptable for academia and society at large,” he said.
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Meanwhile, Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said that the new integrated CGPA system will create more marketable, competitive graduates
“Currently, we have issues about the soft skills of the graduates but, of course, with new programmes, we hope that things will change," Shamsuddin explained.
“Naturally, we cannot expect immediate changes as that’s not realistic."
With the new plan, he said it was possible that Malaysian graduates would do better on an international arena, especially with the start of the Asean economic community.