I have been reading a lot on the ever present brain drain happening in Malaysia. The root cause is blindingly obvious. Ditto for the solution.
Of course the powers that be refuse to address it. And yet they keep harping about it from time to time.
There are complaints that local universities produce mediocre graduates. Well, what else would you expect from mediocre management and teaching staff? Senior appointments based on political connections, not academic experience. Visionary lecturers being harassed up to the point where they depart to greener pastures. Like the brain drain problem, the root cause and solution is blindingly obvious. .
Merely asking talents overseas to be patriotic and return to serve the nation is not going to cut it anymore. Serving the nation. Somehow in my mind this translates to 'serving the personal pockets of the elite few who runs the nation'.
In my opinion, Malaysia does not reward talents. It promotes mediocrity. Your qualifications or experience means very little. Firstly, your connections count. Secondly, you have to belong to the right ethnicity and religion. Thirdly, you must know how to pander to the powers that be.
So, where to now Malaysia?
Of course the powers that be refuse to address it. And yet they keep harping about it from time to time.
There are complaints that local universities produce mediocre graduates. Well, what else would you expect from mediocre management and teaching staff? Senior appointments based on political connections, not academic experience. Visionary lecturers being harassed up to the point where they depart to greener pastures. Like the brain drain problem, the root cause and solution is blindingly obvious. .
Merely asking talents overseas to be patriotic and return to serve the nation is not going to cut it anymore. Serving the nation. Somehow in my mind this translates to 'serving the personal pockets of the elite few who runs the nation'.
In my opinion, Malaysia does not reward talents. It promotes mediocrity. Your qualifications or experience means very little. Firstly, your connections count. Secondly, you have to belong to the right ethnicity and religion. Thirdly, you must know how to pander to the powers that be.
So, where to now Malaysia?
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