Due to the year end holidays and festive season, the publicity for the Higher Education Seminar is unable to fully reach the target groups. I hope readers will do the needful and spread the news to your family members, friends, colleagues and email contacts.
Please refer below for details:
Dear Poobalan
vanakam / new year greetings
I would like to share about an incoming event on Higher Education to be
held in UPM on Jan 10, 2009. I find it important and relevant to our
community especially our youths for information on education opportunities
in public and private universities. On that ground, i am sending out this
email. Request your kind help to outreach it to our community through your
contacts.
Details below
IGAUPM (Indian Graduates Association of UPM) in collaboration with
TheMind is organizing a “Higher Education Seminar” with the theme
“Strengthening Your Stride” on the 10th of January 2009 at the Medical
Faculty, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
This seminar is targeted towards form 5 and 6 leavers to guide and provide
them with information on opportunities for tertiary Education both local
(public and private) and international. The Seminar will also cover on
vocational and skill tranining programmes.
Our line-up of speakers are as follows:
1. Opportunities for Tertiary Education: Local and Overseas Prospects.
This talk is by Prof Dr. Mohd Fauzi Ramlan, Pengarah, Bahagian Hal Ehwal
dan Pembangunan Pelajar from the Ministry of Higher Education.
2. Local Public Tertiary Education: Oportunities and Strategies. This
talk is by Pn Rahmah bt Hussain, Pengarah, Pengurusan Kemasukan Pelajar
from the Ministry of Higher Education.
3. Oportunities in Vocation and Technical Education/Training. This
talk is by Ms. Sukanya Siva, Marketing Manager, JM Education Counselling
Centre.
4. Private Education in Malaysia: How to make the correct choice?.
This talk is by Assoc Prof. Elansolan Mohan, President of the National
Association of Private Educational Instituitions (NAPEI).
5. Career Motivational Talk: What it takes to get there? This talk is
by Mr. Karunanidhy, Managing Director of Kurnia Muda Sdn. Bhd.
The Objectives of this Seminar are:
1. To Educate School leavers (and their parents) on tertiary Education
Options Available in Malaysia.
2. To expose participants to alternate Education pathways through
technical and vocational training.
3. To help students realise that it is important to set career goals
and focus on acheiving them.
Higher Education Seminar: Strengthening Your Stride
Date: 10th January 2009
Time : 9.00 AM TO 2.30PM
Venue: Dewan Kuliah Utama, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UPM,
Serdang Selangor (Next to Hospital Serdang)
Charges: IGAUPM and THEMIND registered members – Free
Others – RM 10 PER PERSON
Registration: Online, Sms or Email
1) http://www.themindassociation.org/hes.html
2) Velan at 012-3512143 (velan79@hotmail.com)
3) Dr. Rajesh 012-3936444 (ramasamyrajesh@hotmail.com)
Payment: Bank in to Account No:1215-0008803-05-0 (Persatuan Graduan India
UPM) and fax the payment slip to Dr. Uma Rani at
03-89435973 as proof of payment.
Enqueries: Dr. Uma Rani Sinnaiah: 017-2551500
Dr. Kulanthayan K.C. Mani: 013-3822000
Please pass around this event message for many to benefit.
Dr. Kulanthayan K.C. Mani
Senior Lecturer
Department of Community Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
University Putra Malaysia
43400 Serdang, Selangor
MALAYSIA
Tel.: 6-03-89472398
Mobile: 6-013-3822000
Fax: 6-03-89450151
Alternative email: drkulan@eng.upm.edu.my