300 students to take part in iCGPA pilot project

PUTRAJAYA: Some 300 students from five universities will be involved in the Integrated Cumulative Grade Point Average (iCGPA) pilot project, starting next month.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said those involved were new students from selected programmes which usually had between 40 and 60 students in each programme.

"The five universities that will take part in the pilot project are Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) and Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)," he told reporters today.

The iCGPA is one of the initiatives under Shift 1 of the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education) also known as the Higher Education Blueprint which was launched in April 2015.

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