Surprised by ban, SEGi University to meet Oman's Cultural Attache in Malaysia
Beatrice Nita Jay
New Straits Times4 October 2017
KUALA LUMPUR: SEGi University, one of the four Malaysian universities banned by Oman over alleged academic and administrative abuses, said there was no information or indication given prior to the prohibition.
Its spokesman said the university has yet to be informed of the specific details pertaining to the ban by the Omani government or the country's Higher Education Ministry.
“There has been no indication of any possible issues prior to the announcement made to the media outlets in Oman (Times of Oman).
“Our top priority now is to engage with the Cultural Attache in Malaysia to swiftly address the matter,” it said in a statement.
The university reiterated that it has good working relationship with the Oman Embassy in Malaysia throughout the years and that they were surprised by the sudden move.
“We would like to stress that all students in our university are treated fairly and equally in all aspects of student life, including services and education standards, regardless of their nationality.
“As a reflection of our commitment to full transparency and good practice standards for the best educational experience for our students, we welcome and are ready to give full cooperation to relevant authorities to check or verify settings and current status of Omani students in our campus,” the spokesman said.
The university added that it will continue to strive to further enhance the working relationship and communication with Oman and students of other nationalities to ensure the highest education standard for their future generation.
On Monday, Times of Oman, in its report stated that the Committee for the Recognition of Non-Omani Higher Education Institutions and the Equivalence of Educational Qualifications in the Oman Higher Education Ministry had issued a decision to stop dealing with the four universities.
It said Omani students were not allowed to attend the educational institutions following the decision which was made due to alleged academic and administrative abuses by the universities.
Besides Segi University, the other three universities were Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, and Binary University of Management and Entrepreneurship.
It is learned that Usim’s vice chancellor had already met with the representatives from Oman Embassy yesterday and another meeting would be conducted with the universities representatives today.
NST is currently attempting to get further updates from both Limkokwing University and Binary University of Management and Entrepreneurship.
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