KOTA KINABALU: Yayasan Sabah College (KYS) has achieved four-star rating for its higher learning academic programmes for year 2013 under the Malaysian Quality Evaluation System for Private Colleges (MyQuest) evaluation.
MyQuest was developed by the Ministry of Education to evaluate the quality of higher education in private colleges.
Minister of Special Tasks Datuk Teo Chee Kang said the four-star rating for KYS categorized the college as ‘very good’.
This is also an improvement for KYS as the college obtained two-star rating in the evaluation for year 2012.
Besides the MyQuest achievement, Teo said KYS was also an accredited centre to run skill-based courses under the Skills Development Department (JPK) of the Ministry of Human Resources, in which the college received five-star rating for Hospitality and Information System Programmes.
KYS was also rated four stars for its Air-Conditioning, Automotive, Electric, Welding and Building Construction programmes.
“This is an achievement to be proud of as KYS is the only JPK accredited centre in Sabah that successfully obtained five stars. These outstanding achievements will enhance the image and reputation of KYS as the best JPK accredited centre in Malaysia, particularly Sabah.”
Teo said this when attending an event to celebrate the MyQuest rating and JPK Star Rating cum Chinese New Year at the KYS premises here yesterday.
Meanwhile, he advised students to interact with other students of different races at educational institutions during lectures or curriculum activities.
“This is part of the learning process to make the campus community more matured and open, as well as instill unity, mutual respect and tolerance for each other for the common good,” he said.
Present at the event were chairman of the board of directors of Yayasan Sabah Community College (KKYS) Sdn Bhd, Datuk Kamal Quadra, vice chancellor of Yayasan Sabah University College, Professor Dr Ghazally Ismail, KYS chief executive Dr Dayang Aminah Ali, political secretary to the Minister of Special Tasks, Peter Chong and liaison secretary to the minister, Albert Kok.
