Zambry: New Higher Education Law to replace AUKU will be more comprehensive
THE Higher Education Ministry is preparing a comprehensive new legal framework to replace the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (AUKU), with the initiative already incorporated into the Malaysia Higher Education Plan (RPTM) 2026-2035. Hig...
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Malaysian Higher Education Ministry is preparing a new legal framework, the One Higher Education Act, to replace the outdated Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (AUKU).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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