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. THYRSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2016 '_'Public varsities becomingless dependent OD govt''BUDGET CUTS:Many arecarrying outincome-generating·activities, says Idri_?AINANASAKUALA LUMPUR. news@nst.(om.myPUBLIC universities' will beable to make up for the deficitin allocations expected nextyear, Higher Education MinisterDatuk Seri IdrisJusoh said hereyesterday.Idris said the universities couldboost their revenue by doing in-come-generating activities such asseminars, conferences, researchcourses, hold wakaf collections aswell as collect rentals for halls orfacilities. ."Many public universities are~o~ing towards becoming less de-Higher Education Minister Datuk seri Idris Jusoh in TV3's 'Soal Jawab'programme yesterday. Pic by Saddam Yusoffpendent on the government," Idrissaid, adding that a target for theinstitutions to generate 30 per centincome by 2025 had been set underthe Malaysia Education Blueprint2015-2025 (Higher Education).He said this during TV3's SoalJawab television programme,which focuses on the budget forpublic higher learning institu-tions.Allocation for public universities .in the 2017 Budget for the HigherEducation Ministry was cut by 5.12per cent from RM8.2 billion this .year to RM7.8 billion."The current model of high gov-ernment dependency for publicuniversities is not sustainable."However, he said there were uni-versities that were moving towardsgenerating higher income.Research universities such asUniversiti Putra Malaysia had gen-erated 22 per cent of its ownin-'come, while Universiti Kebangsaan ..Malaysia and Universiti TeknologiMalaysia generated 21 and 18 per'. cent of their own income respec-tively. Non-research universitiesthat are .more than 10 years old,such as Universiti Pendidikan Sul- .tan Idris and Universiti Sains IslamMalaysia had managed to generate29 and 26 per cent of their ownincome respectively., "These universltles-prove thatother universities too can also gen-erate their own income and reducegovernment dependency, It can bedone, and it has been done. Uni-versities in other countries are aid-ed by their government with aslittle as 40 to SO per cent (budgetallocation)."If they could generate a rna:jority of their own income them-selves, why can't we?"

'Public varsities becoming less dependent on govt'

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'Public varsities becoming less dependent on govt'

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