Ministry of
Education Malaysia
Integrated Cumulative Grade Point
Average @ iCGPA
INTRODUCTION
1. Recently I had announced that
beginning September 2015, five public universities will be piloting a new
approach in assessing their students. This approach will be known as Integrated
Cumulative Grade Point Average @ iCGPA.
2. The five public universities are UKM, UiTM, UMT, UMK
and UMP. The iCGPA will be piloted in a select number of faculties
of each university.
3. iCGPA is one of the initiatives
under Shift 1 of the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education)
aka the Higher Education Blueprint which was launched in April 2015.
4. It must be noted that iCGPA as a
concept has been explored since 2009 with the methodology development taking
place since 2011 via collaboration between experts from public universities
including UKM and UiTM. Throughout this period, the Malaysians Qualifications
Agency (MQA) has provided its advice on standards, with the Ministry of Higher
Education facilitating the overall process. The efforts have been time
consuming in view of the data, research and efforts required to make this
initiative a success.
