satinah syedsaleh

Head of secretariat in looking at the policy direction of the polytechnics and community colleges; prepared policy papers and speeches for the Minister and Director General of the ministry

* Head the committee for policy analysis and policy formulation for setting up private colleges, private universities and private/ international schools * fact findings mission and promotion of education overseas * coordinate and prepare answers for parliamentary questions for the ministry.

* Oversees matters with regards to the establishment and registration of private education in Malaysia. * Spearheaded the committee in the formulation of policies (at the micro level) pertaining to private K12 education; * Monitor and regulate the Private Education Institutions to ensure they provide high quality education. * Provide support and facilitate the promotion of Malaysia as a centre for educational excellence.

* Manage the administrative aspects of the teacher edu/training institute on finance * academic programmes * monitoring of assesment and evaluation of courses offered - chairperson for Joint Board Meeting with partner universities from UK, Australia, NZ for B.Ed TESL programme - Chair meetings on Quality Assurance under MS ISO 9001-2000 * Quality Manual * Strategic Planning * Key Performance Indicator (KPI) * students welfare * and physical development of the institute - Chairperson for the Corporate and Internationalization Committee of the Institure for Malaysia Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) & Malaysia Australia Education Project for Afghanistan (MAEPA)

* Manage and oversees the welfare and activities of Malaysian students studying in New Zealand (NZ) * Monitoring and regulating the twinning programmes between the government of Malaysia and universities in New Zealand * Coordinating for the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia with NZ University on matters pertaining to the Chair of Malay Studies set up in NZ

* Planning and coordinating with fellow collegues on the strategy, structure, programme contents pertaining to the DPM's duties and portfolios * Preparation of speech texts * cabinet papers and briefs for the notification and reference of the DPM * Liasing between the DPM's office and the Ministry of Education * Ministry of Higher Education * Ministry of Women, Family and Society Development * Desk officer coordinating mattters pertaining to UMNO Education Bureau * Human Rights Commission of Malaysia * Committee for Malaysia as a centre for Educational Excellence * Globalisation Committee (NEAC)

* Provide consulting and advisory services in basic and tertiary education in Malaysia for: * company or individuals seeking approval and licence to set up private education institutions such as international school/ private school, preschool, language centre and private higher institution/colleges in Malaysia. * education institutions participating in championing the initiatives under Entry Point Project (EPP) of the Economic Transformation Program (ETP) for basic & tertiary education. * strategic planning for private basic & tertiary education and the way forward

* Strategic consulting in public private partnership (PPP) * initiatives * Strategic consulting and advisory in certain aspects of the * Trust School Project initiative * Strategic consulting and advisory in relevant PINTAR * Projects and other education related projects as needed * Contact and liason with relevant Government agencies on * new education initiatives

Dissertation titlled 'An evaluative study on the use of resource centres in teacher education colleges in Sabah, Malaysia' published in Open Library in October 2008 Activities and Societies: Represented the university and UK universities in Tenpin Bowling