Higher education minister Idris Jusoh says his officers will meet Omani officials on Monday to resolve the matter.
KUALA LUMPUR: Oman’s ban on four Malaysian universities may be due to miscommunication, says Higher Education Minister Idris Jusoh.
Idris said relations between Malaysia and Oman were very good and his officers would seek a meeting with Omani officials on the matter on Monday.
“I hope the matter can be resolved amicably. I don’t see any big problems.
“If there are any improvements that need to be made by the universities, we will make sure they are done,” he told a media conference after launching a high-speed broadband project at Universiti Malaya today.
The Times of Oman had reported on Sunday that the Arabian Peninsula sultanate’s ministry of higher education imposed the ban after the four Malaysian universities were deemed to have committed “alleged abuses” and failed to address “challenges” facing its students.
The institutions were identified as Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, SEGi University, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, and Binary University of Management and Entrepreneurship.
The report said there were 378 Omani students enrolled in the four institutions.
Oman’s cultural attaché in Malaysia, Yahya Salam Al Mandhari, was quoted as saying that the accreditations were revoked over various “violations”.
Referring to the discovery of fake degrees using the names of Universiti Teknologi Mara and SEGi University, Idris said the two institutions would take legal action against the syndicate involved.
“I have been told they have already taken the necessary action,” he said.
The Kosmo! Bahasa Malaysia newspaper reported recently that a syndicate was selling fake degrees using the names of the two universities at prices as low as RM1,000 apiece.
The newspaper added that the two universities had lodged police reports.
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