University Technology Mara's Contributions to the Malaysians

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Do you know what was the University Technology Mara ( UiTM ) contributes and its importance to the malays since 1956 until now ?.

From the beginning RIDA ( Rural Industrial Development ) established in august 1950, RIDA objective is to assist and train the malays in rural areas with potential for improving the economic. Then later RIDA is change it name to “ Dewan Latehan RIDA “ after that in 1966 it called “Maktab MARA”. After some transformation and upgrading processes is done “Maktab MARA” finally is called ITM ( Institude technology Mara ) it is built on the site of 300 acres in Shah Alam by Tun Abdul Razak. It peak On 26 August 1999 when our former prime minister Tun Dr.Mahatdir Mohammad announce that ITM will be called as UiTM ( University Technology Mara ) ,and automatically Yang Dipertuan Agong will be a chancellor of UiTM and Pro-Chancellor also set out below his highness. After UiTM have experience some modernization and changes, but UiTM still remain with it’s objectives to enhance and assure the integrity of uncertain native socioeconomic status.

In order to protect the special right of native so act 173 is formed by ministry of high -education to ensure our University Technology Mara can compete with the others university in Malaysia, According to the UiTM website “ act 173 provides guidelines for maintenance and smooth administration as well as other pertaining matters. The act also serves as an acknowledgement of the institution’s transition from an institute to a university, and the authority bestowed upon it to function like any other university. This includes the offering of courses of studies and the conferment of degrees at all levels. Earlier this year, we were surprised when University Technology Mara try being implicated into the political mire by someone who is not responsible, but these actions already objectionable and the whole University Technology Mara students will not agree, consistent with the act state in article 153, constitution. This is because the economic status of Bumiputra doesn’t achieve the target in New Economic Policy, including aspects, the ratio of the malays and non malays are still not balanced in economy. According Sabri Ahmad “Bumiputera right in this country have been taken one by one starting with 10% quota for MRSM and also Matrikulasi to non-bumiputera, the latest is opening 45% quota for non-bumiputera”. This all not about racism or justice but the our’s right of to be received to balanced and competed with others race, by establishing ITM or now it called UiTM as being the last fortress in defending the dignity of the malays nation.

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