Feedback received from most UUCA stakeholders – Committee
Posted on January 27, 2012, Friday
SHAH ALAM: Most of the stakeholders in the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) have given their feedback on the proposed amendment, said UUCA amendment committee chairman Prof Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmood.
“Most of the feedback from surveys or public opinions wanted the act to be amended, but not abolished with a 60:40 ratio,” he told reporters here yesterday.
Nik Ahmad Kamal, who is International Islamic University Malaysia deputy rector (student affairs) said, however, students, academic staff, political parties, the ruling party and opposition parties felt that students should be free from the influence of political parties on campus.
“This shows the thriving spirit that students should be allowed to engage in politics outside the campus,” he said. –Bernama
“But the campus should remain free from politics on condition that they are given the freedom to listen to political views and political parties to espouse their ideologies,” he said.
He said even student representative councils, which were inclined to support certain political parties, felt that if a student holds a position in a political party, he should not capitalise on it to influence students on campus.
Nik Ahmad Kamal said the committee was still gathering feedbacks and would start preparing the draft of the amendment soon.
On Nov 24 last year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced Section 15 of the AUKU will be amended to allow university student above 21 join party politics.
— Bernama
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