STUDENTS AS ‘CUSTOMERS’EACH time the outcome of the ranking ‘game’ is announced, it raises more questions than answers. Headlined “Six local varsities among 50 in world subject ranking”, it listed three universities each from the public and private sectors. The best private university acclaimed by the same outfit that did the ranking is not listed among the six. In this sense, what is the need for “ranking” other than for the benefits reaped by the ranking outfit, commercially? The universities become mere pawns in a ‘game’ to pull wool over the eyes of the prospective students, now dubbed ‘customers’.

Source: New Strait Times March 15, 2020 15:56 UTC