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Mushtak Al-Atabi says it is important to guide students to realise their potential to prepare them for a future dominated by automation and AI.

Assisted learning: Students (from left) Batriesya Ahmad Khalil, 20, Lim En Wei, 22, and Hanis Afidah, 20, from University Putra Malaysia’s Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences demonstrating the use of AI in doing their homework. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

Mushtak Al-Atabi of Heriot-Watt University Malaysia calls for a long-term plan aimed at cultivating students’ critical thinking skills which will ultimately boost the nation’s Pisa scores.

WHILE textbooks may offer insights into complex equations and the wonders of science, resilience – a trait increasingly demanded by bosses – is not a lesson one can learn in class.

THE key to learning a tough life lesson like resilience is to know your purpose, says Vice Chancellors’ Council for Private Universities chairman Prof Mushtak Al-Atabi.

WHILE research is essential to drive innovation and effect change, researchers who solely aim to publish their papers are defeating its very purpose and spirit.

Further compounding the problem are reports of academic misconduct in Malaysian universities.