Tan Sri Arshad Ayub
Tan Sri Arshad Ayub, leader in education.
Profile & History
Tan Sri Arshad Ayub (84 years) who is one of the foremost educational innovators this country has known. He was the first Director of Institut Teknologi MARA (now UiTM) and led it with courage and vision for one decade from 1965 to 1975.
Tan Sri Arshad Ayub is known as the person responsible for the development of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), a university that was established to provide higher education opportunities to better serve the indigenous group. Contribution, role and struggle to develop professional education among Malays and Bumiputra make them able to develop their potential. He is the architect of the establishment of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) who is building the greatest indigenous human capital in Malaysia. He was the first director of the university from 1965 to 1975 who was then known as Institut Teknologi MARA.
Known for his charismatic nature and a firm Director, Arshad was greatly respected as well as feared by ITM students then. Arshad believes that, as a Bumiputera and Malaysia citizen, one must have a social responsibility to carry out his duties with loyalty, honesty, integrity and having a healthy body.
Tan Sri Arshad began his early education at Sekolah Melayu Drain Keruma, Muar, Johor before pursuing the Government English School also in Muar, Johor. Then he continued his studies at the University of Malaya, Singapore (1949-1951), College of Agriculture Serdang, Selangor (1951-1954) and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom (1954-1958).
His career began as early as 1951 when he was with the Rural Industrial Development Authority ( RIDA ). He was heavily involved in the planning of the national development agenda, particularly in the era after independence and development agenda that is what the core of the administration of Tun Abdul Razak.
Arshad was personally entrusted by the late Tun Abdul Razak with the challenge of
Profile & History
Tan Sri Arshad Ayub (84 years) who is one of the foremost educational innovators this country has known. He was the first Director of Institut Teknologi MARA (now UiTM) and led it with courage and vision for one decade from 1965 to 1975.
Tan Sri Arshad Ayub is known as the person responsible for the development of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), a university that was established to provide higher education opportunities to better serve the indigenous group. Contribution, role and struggle to develop professional education among Malays and Bumiputra make them able to develop their potential. He is the architect of the establishment of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) who is building the greatest indigenous human capital in Malaysia. He was the first director of the university from 1965 to 1975 who was then known as Institut Teknologi MARA.
Known for his charismatic nature and a firm Director, Arshad was greatly respected as well as feared by ITM students then. Arshad believes that, as a Bumiputera and Malaysia citizen, one must have a social responsibility to carry out his duties with loyalty, honesty, integrity and having a healthy body.
Tan Sri Arshad began his early education at Sekolah Melayu Drain Keruma, Muar, Johor before pursuing the Government English School also in Muar, Johor. Then he continued his studies at the University of Malaya, Singapore (1949-1951), College of Agriculture Serdang, Selangor (1951-1954) and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom (1954-1958).
His career began as early as 1951 when he was with the Rural Industrial Development Authority ( RIDA ). He was heavily involved in the planning of the national development agenda, particularly in the era after independence and development agenda that is what the core of the administration of Tun Abdul Razak.
Arshad was personally entrusted by the late Tun Abdul Razak with the challenge of