Forest Dweller

DON'T BLAME MQA, BLAME YOURSELF!

Assalamualaikum and greeting to all my PSA's colleagues.

I noticed that every single PSA's old-timers know me. I do believed that my reputation also known to all my colleagues and perhaps to the newcomers. I've spent my entire career in PSA almost 10 years. For me, it is a quite long survival epoch that make me grown up. What a colourful experiences I got there. I also have a record worked under three different directors begin with Tn. Hj. Yusof bin Harun (now Dato') followed by Mr. Amir bin Md. Noor and at present Pn. Asmara binti Sulong. It will takes hundred of pages if I want to describe my working experiences under these three noble directors. 

Okay, let the directors do their jobs. Now, I want to lure all my PSA's colleagues into a matter that troubling many of staffs in here especially lecturer. PSA is well-known to the world because of her very systematic management system approach under the recognition of ISO. There is no doubt that we are the greatest polytechnic in Malaysia compared to the others. And then, came QE. Once more, PSA has their triumph in certification. What a tremendous recognitions. I do believed many polytechnics in Malaysia looking into something to beat us. Let them be. A credit to Dato' Hj. Yusof bin Harun for ISO, a token of appreciation to En. Amir bin Md. Noor for keeping up ISO in a safe hand and congratulation to Pn. Asmara binti Sulong for the QE certification. I teared myself how precious my working experiences under these three great persons.

Now, a new era has just begun. MQA has arrived. A managerial approaches in PSA has stepped into a new far more advanced level compared to ISO. Everyone in PSA knows, ISO only focused on what you did document it, full stop. MQA is a new chapter to us. This kind of new system teaches us to be humble, commited and innovative. At first, I heared a lot of terrible things coming our way if PSA adopt this new system. Later, I found out this MQA system is a very transparent and  no holes barred.

This new system emphasized on what you did you must prove it. How you want to prove it, they will ask our student. My experiences told me there is a group of lecturer that likely to award free marks to the student without anything being done properly (markah turun dari syurga!). This phenomenon always occurred in laboratory classes where student no need to carry out the practical work but in return they gain the unknown marks. Abracadabra! The marks were there. Shame on me, every month beg for money but actually a cheater. NO HEART TAKEN!

Everyone make mistakes but there are rooms for improvement if you have guts to do so. MQA never ever teaches us to behave wrongly. That is the beauty of MQA. To all my colleagues, there is no shame in learning if we are lack in skill or knowledge. The dirtiest thing here is cheating ourself without feeling guilty. I do believe that a lot of my colleagues still don't have a clear picture about MQA. If you still don't have any ideas about MQA, just to share with you, MQA is a system that educate us to tell the truth. WHAT YOU DID PROVE IT NOT JUST DOCUMENTED IT. See you soon.

NO HEART TAKEN!

Zaril Faizal Zaral Gaffar