The Higher Education Minister has released Setara, the first-ever local rating system for higher education institutions in Malaysia. University of Malaya (UM) is the only public higher education institution to obtain a five-star (out of six) rating.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said that “the purpose of Setara is to enable universities to measure their quality and see where they stand in relation to one another.” [Thestar]
Thing is, the comparison is meaningless if we don’t have any university that is on par with the world’s best universities. There is no point being the best among the worst.