Saturday, June 28, 2008

Statistics on 2008 public university intake

Breakdown of critical course 
intake for Local universities 2008/2009.
Field Bumiputra Chinese Indian Total No. % No. % No. % 

Medicine:  Bumi(491 - 52.80%)   Chinese(359 - 38.60%)    Indian(80 - 8.60%)   Total = 930 
Dentistry:  Bumi(119 - 58.05%)    Chinese(79 - 38.54%)     Indian(7 - 3.41%)      Total=205 
Pharmacy: Bumi(145 -50.00%)     Chinese(140 - 48.28%)   Indian( 5 - 1.72%)     Total= 290 
Electronic Eng: Bumi( 570 - 56.32%)  Chinese(389 - 38.44%) Indian( 53 - 5.24%)  Total = 1012 
Chemical Eng:  Bumi( 501 - 61.93%) Chinese(272 - 33.62%) Indian( 36 - 4.45%)  Total =  809 
Law:                Bumi ( 203 - 58.67%) Chinese(116 - 33.52%) Indian (27 - 7.80%)  Total = 346
Accountancy:   Bumi (386- 39.59%)    Chinese(543 - 55.69%) Indian (46 - 4.72%)  Total =  975 

Total :              Bumi ( 2415 - 52.88%) Chinese(1898 - 41.56%) Indian( 254 - 5.56%) Total = 4567

some of the data taken from The Star (hard copy)
 
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/6/19/nation/21577696&sec=nation

Analysis:

- For critical courses, Indian students make up 5.56% of the overall intake,
  which is 254 students out of 4567.

- Overall Indian intake is (6.84%). Meaning out of 40,184 students,
  about  2749 students are Indians.

- Total Indian students who are offered non-critical courses is 

   2749-254 = 2495 (90.76% of total students)

- Overall Bumiputra intake is 62.19%, which is 24,990 out of 40,184
  successful students.

- Total Bumiputra students offered non-critical courses is 

   24,990 - 2415 = 22,575 (90.33% of total students)

- Overall Chinese intake is 30.97%, which is 

   12,445 out of 40,184 successful students.

- Total Chinese students offered non-critical courses is 

  12,445 - 1898 = 10,547 (84.75% of total students)

- Total admission is 40,184. Total applications is 67,143. 

  (59.85%) of applicants successfully got a place in public university.

- At a glance, the biggest winners are the Chinese students, since their
  intake is quite above their population.

- This implies that meritocracy is implemented, though I'm not sure if
  really 62.19% of bumiputras got in via meritocracy or not. Data on breakdown
  of students from matriculation/STPM is not provided.

- Indians need to increase percentage by about 1% to represent current
  population (7.8%). Increase of more than that means Indian students are
  performing well.

Some facts from the article:

1. Announcing the results for the 2008/2009 intake into public universities
yesterday, Prof Radin Umar said that  40,184 STPM and equivalent candidates,
out of the 67,143 who applied, were offered places in the 20 public
universities.The breakdown of successful candidates was  62.19% bumiputra,
30.97% Chinese and 6.84% Indian.

2. Prof Radin revealed that 1,963 candidates who applied for places had a
   CGPA of 4.0.

Note : There was no mention of how many qualified via STPM compared to UITM matriculation?

3. Successful female applicants made up 64.5% of the total number, in line
with the past few years' trend. "Female students tend to be more serious in
their studies. Male students need to work harder. However, we will not give
males any special consideration as the selection process is based on
meritocracy," Prof Radin said.

4. A special helpdesk has been set up at the Higher
Education Ministry until June 27. Students who have queries can 

call 03-8883 5848 or 03-8883 5858, or appeal online at www.mohe.gov. my. 
The closing date for appeals is June 28.

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