HIGHER Education ministry officials will meet with their Omani counterparts to find out why the Arab country has forbidden its students from enrolling in four private Malaysian universities.

Higher Education Minister Idris Jusoh said the meeting on Monday would shed light on the issue to aid in the ministry’s investigation.

“Our relationship has always been good. Maybe there was some miscommunication,” said Idris in a press conference today, prior to the launch of the MYREN -X 100Gbps network for higher education institutions.

On October 1, Oman’s Higher Education Ministry barred its students from enrolling in four universities in Malaysia that allegedly had issues of academic and administrative abuses.

The four universities are Universiti Islam Sains Malaysia, Segi University, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, and Binary University of Management and Entrepreneurship.

On the matter of the sale of fake diplomas and degrees, Idris confirmed the ministry had made a police report.

He said the ministry had advised UiTM and Segi University to also make a police report as their names were on the certificates.

“I am sure the universities will take legal action on the matter,” said Idris.

On Monday, a Malay daily reported that a syndicate was selling fake certificates for RM1,000 to RM3,000 each.

A fake diploma from UiTM costs RM1,000 and a degree, RM2,000.

A fake diploma from Segi costs RM2,000 and a degree, RM3,000.

On whether other universities were involved, Idris said the ministry would advise the relevant institutions to take the necessary action if there were. – October 4, 2017.