Quality, not quantity, of foreign students matters, DAP lawmaker tells Idris

The number of foreign students in a country or university cannot be used as an indication of the quality or standards of education, DAP lawmaker Dr Ong Kian Ming said today, refuting a claim by a minister that Malaysia's world-class education was validated by the high number of foreign students here.
"The danger in giving too much focus on international students is that some of our policymakers make use this as a ‘short cut’ to boost our university rankings," said Ong, who is the Serdang MP, in a statement today. More...