Have More Partnerships With Mexico, Local Universities Urged
By Asmahanim Amir
Pix Izwan Azman
BANGI, 19 Feb 2016 – Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh has urged for more collaboration between Malaysian and Mexican universities, including book translations, student mobility programmes and academic partnership.
Launching the bookÌýIntisari Sejarah Mexico BaharuÌý(New Compact History of Mexico), the Malay version of Nueva Historia Minimum De Mexico, Ìýin Bangi on Feb 19, he was impressed with the cooperation between the National University of Malaysia (ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp) and a Mexican university in publishing the edition.
He said that ministry needs more books to be translated and not only from English to Malay but from Spanish directly to Malay because he hopes more students can go to Mexico to do the transcribing.
Idris also congratulated ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp for its collaboration with Mexico and called for further fruitful partnerships.
He said that the ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp Global Mobility programme has been emulated by universities Ìýin Mexico and the fact that 100 Mexican students attended exchange visits to Malaysia in 2012, Ìýhave vindicated the partnership.
He called for more such mobility programmes between the two nations over the next two to three years.
Also present at the book launch was ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp Vice Chancellor, Prof Datuk Dr Noor Azlan Ghazali and Ambassador of Mexico to Malaysia, ÌýCarlos Isauro Felix Corona.
