INTEC UiTM
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The International Education Centre (INTEC), attached as an autonomous faculty of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), is a prime preparatory centre for Malaysian students bound for overseas study especially for government's sponsorhip holders. It was founded in 1985 and officiated by the then Education Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is currently the Prime Minister of Malaysia. INTEC is located in Seksyen 17, Shah Alam, which is the capital of the state of Selangor. It was formerly known as Pusat Persediaan Pengajian (PPP) and Kolej Persediaan Pengajian (KPP). INTEC is headed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Habibah Ashari, who has been at the helm as the Director of INTEC since 2004.
The majority of its students comprised of sponsored students, such as those offered by MARA agencies, the Public Service Department (JPA), and Petronas. There are many academic programmes offered at INTEC, with a clear distinction between the short and long-term programmes.
The long-term programmes include the American Degree Foundation Programme (ADFP), the A-Level (Medicine/German)Programme, a 2-year course run by Edexcel (formerly known as the London Board of Examinations), and the Australian Matriculation (AUSMAT).
Short-term courses comprise the Russian Programme, Korean Programme, Middle-East Programme, French Programme and the Look East Policy Programme (Japan).
Upon completing their courses in INTEC, students will continue their degree studies in various countries such as the Russia, U.S., Indonesia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Jordan, Egypt, South Korea, Japan, France and Germany.
INTEC students have distinguished themselves by performing exceedingly above the international average in examinations such as the SAT I and SAT II, TOEFL, the A-Level,SSABSA and IELTS and by gaining admission into top-ranked universities in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Ireland, Indonesia and India.
INTEC proudly celebrated its 20th year anniversary in 2005 with its motto, "Distinctly Global".
Recently, INTEC was certified with ISO 9001:2000 by the Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.
Currently, a new 4-storey library building is being constructed right in the middle of the campus and it is expected to be completed in 2007.
Russian Programme
This programme was started in 2002 when the Public Service Department (JPA) began to sponsor students to study medicine in Russia. In the following year, Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) began sponsoring the selected students from MARA Junior Science College (MRSM) under the scheme called Excellent Students Scheme (Skim Pelajar Cemerlang/SPC). Students sponsered under this scheme have the privileges of studying in this programme almost 4 months early before the admission of students sponsored by the Public Service Department (JPA), Kerajaan Negeri Selangor and other agencies into INTEC. Since the programme started in 2002, the head of programme is still Madam Penelope Jayaram who is also teaching English Language and Russian History in this programme. However, as she is about to retire, it is learnt that Dr Yamin, the programme's faithful chemistry lecturer, will be her next successor as a Core Person.
Students here focus on learning the Russian Language besides other subjects such as Physics, Biology/Anatomy, Chemistry, English, Russian History and Islamic Studies. Every year, lecturers are specially flown from Russia to teach the Russian Languange and Anatomy. The length of the course varies according to the month of intake: January-September ( 8 months ) and June-September ( 3 months ).
This programme does not offer the old way of teaching method, but there are various types of activities that are held throughout the year to let the students explore themselves the life and culture of Russia, such as small concerts held at the Russian Cultural Centre in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur and various other excursions.
The four institutions to where the students will be admitted in Russia after finishing their foundation course here are Moscow Medical Academy, Russian State Medical University, Volgograd State Medical University dan Nizhny Novgorod State Medical University. They are expected to fly to Russia on the middle or the end of September every year.
Other information:
Head of Programme: Miss Penelope Jayaram
Duration of Studies: 8 or 3 months
Leader of Russian Group 8/2006: Hazwan Zharif bin Hosen (R8C) and Nadzirah Farhah binti Mansor(R8A)
Teachers (as for June 2006): Mrs Ludmila Gregoryevna, Mrs Natalia Mikhailovna (Russian Language),Mrs Penelope Jayaram (English Language / Russian History),Dr Yamin (Chemistry), Mr. Shaikh Dawood - retired June 2006, Miss Norhayati (Physics),Mrs Rashidawati (Biology), Mrs Irina Petrovna (Biology/Anatomy in Russian), Mr. Muslikhin Hj Ali, Mrs Sharifah (Islamic Studies)
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