An open letter regarding the prime minister's call on entrepreneurship
Dear Mr Prime Minister Najib Razak,
With all due respect, I strongly disagree with you that every undergraduate must be an entrepreneur and offer employment to others.
It was a big mistake that entrepreneurship has been the focus of the Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint (HEB)2015-2025.
University education should aim to train graduates with critical and analytical thinking skills, and inculcate courage to pursue truth and knowledge by questioning authorities, including existing knowledge.
By learning to ask fundamental, relevant and appropriate questions, university students can propose solutions to overcome problems.
This editorial originally appeared in The Malaysian Insight on 16 October 2017.
