PM: UiTM campuses to get autonomy status

Source: The Star
         12 April 2015

KUALA LUMPUR: All Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) campuses will be given autonomy status to ensure a more effective governance, announced Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

“The autonomous status will allow the transfer of power or delegation of authorities to the rector. When the number of students reach over 200,000, there should be a governance structure.

“Keep UiTM in the current form but give more power to the rectors who handle every campus,” he said when launching the 1 Billion Education Fund (TP1B) organised by UiTM Alumni Association Malaysia here, last night.

Najib said the concept of autonomy was most appropriate to keep UiTM as a sacred Bumiputera institution.

Despite the autonomy, he would not compromise or change UiTM’s existing concept to retain its original structure.

On TP1B, the Prime Minister said its establishment made UiTM the pioneer in the endowment culture in the country.

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