Arbibi Ashoy's letter is perhaps slotted into the wrong shoebox. In essence, he is highlighting the problems mentioned in The tiger, dragon and Malaysia's future .

His reference regarding the thousands of bumi grads being unemployed or less employable brings home the point that is the reality here and the now rather than in 20 year's time.

I would caution those who think the matter only concerns the bumi grads. It should read 'Malaysian' as I'm sure many of you would also have met non-bumi local graduates in the job market lacking the necessary language and application proficiency skills.

Our education system is in dire need of an urgent overhaul with emphasis shifted to quality rather than quantity. The low rankings of any of our local universities is nothing to shout about.

With the proliferation of universities, leading to a further lowering of entry barriers, I wouldn't be surprised if our local graduates will have even less employment prospects in the future. This has already been seen in certain neighbouring countries, where universities and colleges are a dime a dozen and some graduates have no choice but to become maids.

Local heads of universities have been criticised for mediocrity and compromise on quality, but direction should be from the top of the chain, the education minister himself.

As for emigration, those unemployable grads should get real. If your degree has little or no intrinsic value here, it is very unlikely those countries seeking brain gain will take you on. It is with such thoughts, that many parents have or are making the decision to emigrate when their children are young.