KUALA LUMPUR: The number of PhD holders among academic staff in public universities had increased by 133 per cent since 2005, said Higher Education Department director-general Datuk Dr Radin Umar Radin Sohadi.
He said now there were 14,000 PhD holders compared to 6,000 in 2005.
Of the 14,000, 60 per cent were PhD holders in science fields covering pure science, applied science, engineering, biology, physics, medical and technology and the rest in social and human sciences, he told reporters on the sidelines of the 4th Graduate Studies Conference here today.
The two-day conference organised by the Malaysian Deans of Graduate Studies (MyDegs) in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education and several local universities was opened by MyDegs chairman Prof Dr Rose Alinda Alias.
Radin Umar said this (producing more PhD holders) was among the biggest achievements of the ministry in its effort to have researchers, scientists and engineers who were on par with their counterparts in advanced nations.
He said the ministry had also planned several strategies including considering exemption or reducing study fees for those who intend to further their studies up to the Masters and PhD's levels to further increase the number of highly qualified academic staff.
Apart from increasing the number of researchers, scientists and engineers, the ministry would also strengthen its research and innovation work as well as implement a programme called MyBrain 15 to produce 100,000 researchers in a period of 15 years, he added. -- BERNAMA
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