Exempting varsities from Act 605 can get rid of ‘kangkung professors’, says academic

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Zaharom Nain says the current system encourages the promotion of untalented academics who flatter their superiors to get promoted.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/27/exempting-varsities-from-act-605-can-get-rid-of-kangkung-professors-says-academic/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ZaharomNain #KangkungProfessors

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00:00Malaysian academic movement Deputy Chairman Zaharul Nayin said exempting public universities

00:07from the Statutory Body's Discipline and Surcharge Act 2000 will encourage more scholarly

00:13discussions instead of unfounded statements made by Kangkong professors.

00:18Coined by academic Syed Hussein Al-Atas, the term Kangkong professors refers to faculty

00:24members who lack knowledge and do not deserve to be called thinkers or intellectuals.

00:30First proposed under the 2018 Pakatan Harapan administration but rejected by then Prime

00:35Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the exemption idea was recently revisited by Higher Education

00:41Minister Zanbri Abdul Qadir to promote academic freedom.

00:45Zaharul said the act was restrictive and needed to be abolished to allow universities, academics

00:51and students to freely pursue knowledge based on critical thinking and evidence.

00:57Meanwhile, National Professors' Council Senior Fellow Teo Kok Siong said legal regulations

01:03are unnecessary to prevent academics from making unsubstantiated statements.

01:09Teo added that debates and fact-checking should be carried out to avoid wrongly punishing

01:14academics.

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