Dear Bloggers,
It’s a dark day for the value of education. Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Ong Tee Kiat statement that ” his ministry was unable to take action as neither the students, the professional thesis writers nor the institutions of higher learning had come forward with complaints or information” is such a silly excuse and cannot be tolerated. Who in the right frame of mind would think that either the professional thesis writers , the students or the institutions of higher learning will come forward, since all three parties are equally involved. Ong, go and investigate! and stop being like an idiot and stop playing naive.
Let’s call these parties the following:
Professional Thesis Writers — The Pariah Among Writers
Students Requesting the Service — The Plagiarizers
The lecturer Passing these Students — Spineless Educators
The Higher Learning Institutions allowing this to happen — The Higher Plagiarism Institutions.

Let’s guess. Since the standard of matriculation cannot match STPM, the students entering the universities via matriculasi are being admitted not based on merit. Even STPM students who have not performed well enter Universities not based on merit system. Now, imagine these students who did not work hard before entering the university, do you think they will work hard while they are studying in the University? Since they are incompetent ( either because they refuse to work hard or are naturally incompetent), do you think they have the capability to write a Masters or Phd thesis?
While lecturing for a BA program for adult students (private) in Malaysia ( Distance Learning Program), a student submitted his friends thesis/report and claiming it was his work. I saw that the standard of English in the paper submitted was different from his standard. As I probed further on the references used, he admitted that it was not written by him. I suggessted an alternate topic and asked the student to re-do the paper by doing his own research. I reported the incident to the principal of the college and told him that I refused to give a grade for the student until he attempts the paper once more time. The principal never got back to me and I realized later that the particular student passed the paper and the program.
This plagiarizing disease is a dangerous virus that will cripple the quality of students produced. When I went through what’s called the “Oral examination” to defend my thesis/research while doing my Masters of Science degree( overseas), the professors who attended the session gave me a hard time questioning me on the 10 subjects taken and from the thesis written. Even my own thesis supervisor asked me questions that I could not answer ( but managed to answer with some help). When the ‘verdict’ was read, the Chairman of the Department declared that I fulfilled all the requirements and passed my paper. He mentioned that students may feel that they are given a hard time during the oral examination process, but he stressed that they do so to let the student know that they have earned their degree with their hard work. I realized then that these educators upheld the highest standards in education. I thank them for that.

I’m hoping that the Education Ministry will take a proactive role in curbing this dangerous virus in education. They will not take any action if they themselves have plagiarized during their studies.

God bless Malaysian Etion System.