2 more UiTM campuses to be built

 

In a bid to increase the enrollment of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) students to 200,000 by 2015, the Higher Education Ministry yesterday signed a concession agreement to build two more campus for the students.

Ministry secretary-general Datuk Dr Rosli Mohamed signed the agreement under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) concept.
“A campus will be built in Raub, Pahang, and will cater to up to 3,000 students while the second is a training institute in Nilai, Negri Sembilan, which will host up to 650 participants,” he said.
The government set aside RM330 million for the two campus, he said, during the signing between Utusan Intelek Sdn Bhd and Protokol Elegan Sdn Bhd.
Pahang state executive councillor Datuk Shahirudin Ab Moin, who was present at the event, said the move was a great support to students, especially for the ones living in the East Coast.
“It will give better quality of living for the people in the area, once it is built up and will also provide for better access to higher education,” he said.
The ceremony was also attended by Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin and his deputy, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, along with Higher Education director-general Prof Datuk Dr Rujhan Mustafa.
The campus in Raub is specifically for students from the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Policy Studies, Faculty of Business Management, and Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics.


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