New Direction in Government Planning:

A Focus on Higher Education

Dr. Mohd Gazali bin Abas

Economic Planning Unit

Human Capital Development Section

Prime Minister's Department

1.  National Mission 2020

·  Human Capital Development (HCD) for high income with positive values and ethics

·  Promote R&D & high quality innovation

·  Increase women participation

2.  10th Malaysian Plan Strategic Thrusts

·  Creating a conducive environment for unleashing economic growth

·  Moving towards inclusive socio-economic development

·  Developing and retaining a first-world talent base

·  Building an environment that enhances quality of life

·  Designing Government philosophy and approach to transform Malaysia

3.  National Education + Training Development Expenditure Affected by

·  Merger of MOE & MOHE

·  Economic Cycle

o  Recession: 10 year cycle (e.g.1976, 1986 – oil crisis, 1997 – East Asian financial crisis, 2008 – global financial crisis)

4.  M’sia is transforming to a service based economy

·  More food-based agriculture

·  Producing high value-added goods

·  Capital deepening in industries

·  Dynamic manufacturing with more K-intensive industries

·  Modern services – finance, business, ICT, and manufacturing-related services

5.  Talent Development Framework

Basic Education / ·  Ensuring Every Child Can Succeed
·  Holding Schools Accountable for Changes in Student Outcomes
·  Investing in Great Leaders for Every School
·  Attracting and Developing Top Talent in Teaching
·  Transforming the Effectiveness of Delivery / Revamping education system to significantly raise student outcomes
Tertiary Education / ·  Mainstreaming and Broadening Access to Quality Technical Education and Vocational Training
·  Enhancing the Competency of Tertiary Graduates to Prepare Them for Entering the Labour Market
·  Strengthening Academia-Industry Cooperation and Research Capacity / Raising skills to increase employability
Professional Life / ·  Making the Labour Market More Flexible
·  Upgrading the Skills and Capabilities of the Existing Workforce
·  Attracting and Retaining Talent
·  Attract, Develop and Retain Top Talent in the Public Service / Reforming labour market to transform Malaysia into a high-income nation

6 Competition among education institutions for shrinking pool of supply

·  Tertiary education cohort’ of 17-23 years is expected to reduce overtime

7.  U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems 2013

·  Rank - 27th (Overall score - 52%)

·  Resources - 71% (Top 12)

·  Environment – 87% (Mid 25)

·  Connectivity – 40% (Bottom 14)

·  Output – 19% (Bottom 5)

8.  University of the future: the 5 drivers of change

Democratization of Knowledge Access / ·  Ubiquitous content
·  Broadening of access to higher education
·  Increased participation in emerging markets
Digital Technology / ·  Mass open online courses & learning
·  Digital teaching & learning on campus
·  Blended learning
Integration with Industry / ·  Scale & depth of industry-based learning
·  Research partnership and commercialisation
·  Industry as competitors in the certification & delivery of content
Contestability of Market & funding / ·  Fiercely competitive domestic & International student market
·  Challenges to government funding
·  Competing for new sources of fund
· 
Global mobility / ·  Emerging markets become global scale competitors
·  Academic talent increasing sourced by emerging markets
·  Emergence of elite & truly globalised university brand

9.  Typical university model + ICT

Customers / Domestic / International / Industry
Education disciplines / Arts / Engineering / Science / Business / Health / Law / IT
Sales / School / Open day / Agent / Road shows / Digital / Partnerships / Others
Delivery / On Campus / Digital / Partnerships
Student Services / Student Admin / Career centers
Back Office / In-house / Outsource

10.  Future university model

Customers / Domestic / International / Industry Professionals / Oth Edu Providers
School leavers / Mature Age / High end / Mass Market / B2B / Executive Education
Parents / Content Wholesalers / Content Consumers / Service Providers
Education disciplines / Vocational / Higher Edu / Research / Mass Dist / Content Aggregation / Entertainment / Financial Services
Sales / Mainly Digital
Delivery / Digital / Partnerships
Student Services / Student Admin / Career centres
Back Office / In-house / Outsource

11.  11th Malaysia Plan

·  Intensifying & rationalizing capacity – Rus, soft prog training, affirmative intervention for target grps, ICT support

·  Corporate & governance reform – more autonomy, financial sustainability, productivity vs cost, remuneration + reward

·  Market driven & result based performance – competitiveness, product & services, investment & asset mgmt, graduate employability

·  Branding & globalization – regional education hub, attracting world class unis, niche specialization

·  Excellence in innovation & value creation – curriculum + pedagogy, R&D, soft skills + industry relevance

·  Private-Public HIES and Academia-Industry – private HIEs investment, industry input & intervention, resource sharing + knowledge transfer, collaboration