‘Beginning, not the end’: Abim calls for broader higher education reform after AUKU repeal
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — The repeal of the Universities and University Colleges Act (AUKU) 1971 will create new oppo...
The Malaysian Higher Education Ministry is preparing a new legal framework, the One Higher Education Act, to replace the outdated Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (AUKU). This initiative, aligned with the Malaysia Higher Education Plan (RPTM) 2026-2035, aims to modernize higher education legislation, ensuring its relevance to universities' and students' needs.
Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir highlighted that AUKU serves as the principal legal foundation for universities and university colleges' establishment, administration, and governance. Its abolition demands a comprehensive, forward-looking replacement that prioritizes institutional autonomy, academic freedom, and student voices.
The government plans to involve all relevant stakeholders, including university leaders, academics, public and private institutions, industry representatives, POLYCCs, TVET providers, legal experts, students, and other relevant parties, in formulating this new legal framework. The reform, part of Malaysia's broader higher education transformation under RPTM 2026-2035, aims to maintain the system's relevance, dynamism, and capacity to respond to global education landscape changes.
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