Headline PRODUCE NOBEL LAUREATES, PM CHALLENGES LOCAL MediaTitle New Straits Times Date 12 Sep 2020 Language English Circulation 36,278 Readership 108,834 Section Local News Page No 1,6 ArticleSize 690 cm² Journalist Olivia Miwil PR Value RM 71,082

PM:Education developmentin theregions,especiallySabah and , will be balanced

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SHIFT OF MINDSET PRODUCE NOBEL LAUREATES, PM CHALLENGES LOCALVARSITIES

Call to focus research exploration of knowledgeand have expertise. effortsonissues “However, thereare manyareas in the research field which can be facedbythe nation improved for the benefit of the community. including Covid-19, “Academiciansshould change their thinking pattern from economic recovery ‘knowledgetoknowledge’ to “knowledgetocommunity and country’,” he said at ameeting OLIVIA MIWIL with Universiti KOTA KINABALU (UMS)academicians and non- [email protected] academicians here. Muhyiddin said Malaysia RIME MinisterTan Sri had yettoproduce Nobellaure- has is- ates among itspoolofacademi- suedachallengefor uni- cians. Pversitiestoproduce “Lecturersand professors Malaysian Nobellaureates. should be readytobecome ex- He said to achieve this, aca- pertsintheir respective fields demicians needed to shift their and become the topinuniver- mindset, by seekingknowledge sities, nation and the communi- which could benefit the commu- ty. nity and country. “The lack of experts promoting “In principle,academicians themselvesmeans we have yetto should conductresearchfor the produceNobel laureates,”he Headline PRODUCE NOBEL LAUREATES, PM CHALLENGES LOCAL MediaTitle New Straits Times Date 12 Sep 2020 Language English Circulation 36,278 Readership 108,834 Section Local News Page No 1,6 ArticleSize 690 cm² Journalist Olivia Miwil PR Value RM 71,082

Prime Minister TanSri Muhyiddin Yassin arriving at Universiti Malaysia Sabah in Kota Kinabalu yesterday. BERNAMA PIC said, urging tertiaryeducation As for the country’seducation Present were Higher Education institutions to organiseevents development, Muhyiddin said MinisterDatuk Dr Noraini Ah- that could produce laureatesthat the governmentwas committed mad and UMSboardofdirectors Malaysia could be proud of. to ensuring that inclusive devel- chairman Datuk Seri Masidi Muhyiddin said to realisethis, opment among the community Manjun and the Higher Education Ministry could be achieved. Bhd chairman Datuk Seri and universitiesshould look into “In line with this, the devel- MahdzirKhalid. strengthening all their existing opment strategywill focus on Muhyiddin alsopresented plans. low-income groupsand balanced TNB’s My Brighter Future(myBF) He said the direction of re- development among regions, scholarship letterstorecipients search efforts should be in line particularlyinSabah and and tertiaryeducation students with the challenges and issues Sarawak,”hesaid. from the Bottom 40 income facedbythe community. Muhyiddincalled on other group. Among the current challenges stakeholderstosupporteduca- He witnessed the signing of a which shouldbegivenattention, tional institutions. collaborationnotebetweenthe he said, included the Covid-19 “Weare awareofthe impor- countryand YayasanTenaga Na- pandemic and economic recov- tanceininvesting in human cap- sional on the implementation of ery, as well as the implementa- ital in tertiaryeducation, but the the myBF programme. tion of the Shared Prosperity Vi- government has limited funds,” As of yesterday, 315students sion, security,anti-terrorism, he said, urging otherstakehold- from Sabah have receivedspon- sovereignty,food security and erstojoin hands in supporting sorshipfromthe myBF scholar- eco-tourism. the institutions in various ways. ship programme.