MENTAKAB: Pahang will have its second university when the permanent campus of the National Defence University Malaysia is built in Kuantan under the 10th Malaysia Plan.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said the university was still in discussion with the Pahang government on all aspects of the construction, including the suitable location and construction costs.
He said the university selected Kuantan because it had the defence logistics required by the university for its teaching purposes.
“Kuantan was chosen because the university needed logistics and facilities from the Armed Forces in one place to facilitate the studies at the university,” he told reporters at his Hari Raya open house here yesterday.
Saifuddin said the university currently had a temporary campus at the Sungai Besi Camp in Kuala Lumpur with 1,500 students pursuing courses in engineering, science and technology as well as defence management and studies.
“The university is aiming to enrol 5,000 students at the new campus in Kuantan where 80% will be cadet officers and the rest civilians,” he said.
On the campus’ exact location, Saifuddin said the university and the state government had identified at least two locations but he refused to divulge them.
“What is certain is that the campus needs 400ha of land and when it is completed, Pahang will have its second university in addition to Universiti Malaysia Pahang in Pe-kan,” he said.
On another development, Saifud-din said the ministry had yet to receive any report on lecturers using fake doctorate certificates to teach at public institutions of higher learning.
He said they had strict procedures to check the backgrounds of candidates before employing them as lecturers.
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