The credibility of Malaysian Public Services Department is now under question.

It was reported that the PSD has now recognised engineering diplomas from three Japanese institutions to be on par with the Malaysian university diplomas.

The department's fixed committee on evaluation and recognition met for a day and decided to recognise the diplomas based on the syllabus, facilities and their recognition by the Japanese universities.

Could someone tell me why these diplomas were not recognised earlier? How exactly did the PSD go about assessing the quality of these diplomas? Did any of the officers visited the three institutions in questions?

Was the Malaysian Institution of Engineers involved in the recognition process? How many hours credit were given to each course the students took? Did the students submit their college calendars and their course work to the PSD?

The PSD further went on to say that Malaysian students at these colleges had the option to stay on and pursue their degrees if they obtained good results.

But since three students refused to, am I to assume that they can return to Malaysia, work in the public sector and also continue their higher education here?

All it takes is for the PSD to make a mistake and send students to an unrecognised foreign institution and overnight, like a miracle, their degrees become recognised

Can someone tell me why the Regional Engineering College (REC) degree from India is not recognised in Malaysia? After all, some students studied there in the 80s under the Malaysian quota.

I want explanation, or shall I hope and pray that the PSD mistakenly sends some of its scholars to the REC?