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A Crisis Manufactured by Irresponsible Leaders and Poor Leadership: The Higher Education Ministry, in collaboration with state governments, should have acted as the gatekeeper, ensuring that educational institutions align their output with actual market demand. Instead, they have facilitated a crisis. The figures speak for themselves: between 200,000 to 350,000 graduates are produced each year, while fewer than 50,000 skilled jobs are created annually in the East Coast region. This is not mere inefficiency—it is a scandal. Thousands of young, hopeful graduates are left with nothing but empty promises and the cruel reality of unemployment or underemployment.

Where is the accountability? Where is the leadership that is supposed to guide educational and economic policy? This imbalance reflects a complete breakdown of communication between academic institutions, industries, and local communities. It shows a failure to anticipate market needs, resulting in an influx of graduates forced to migrate for opportunities or settle for jobs well below their skill levels. This migration drains regional talent, exacerbating economic disparity, and deepens the socioeconomic divide.

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Mismanagement of Public Funds: What’s worse is that this dysfunction is being propped up by the mismanagement of public funds. Billions of ringgits are diverted into higher education programs that offer no tangible return on investment for students or society. Taxpayer money is being funneled into an education system that produces an oversupply of graduates with limited job prospects, while essential job creation efforts remain underfunded. This is nothing short of a diversion of public funds—money that should have been used to stimulate regional industries and generate jobs for local communities is instead fueling an unsustainable graduate pipeline.

This type of financial mismanagement represents a gross betrayal of the public trust. In Kelantan, Terengganu, and Pahang, local governments are failing to invest in infrastructure, job creation, and vocational training that could help diversify the economy and provide meaningful employment. Instead, we see funds diverted toward producing more and more graduates, with no regard for their future.

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This is not just a problem of unemployment—it is a symptom of broader dysfunction in governance. Without decisive action, we risk perpetuating a system that continues to churn out graduates with no future, deepening the cycle of poverty and regional inequality. It is time to stop wasting public funds, stop diverting resources from job creation, and refocus on policies that ensure every graduate has a path to meaningful employment.

We demand a new approach—one that prioritizes job creation, local industry support, and a rational education policy that produces graduates in fields where there is actual demand. We say NO to the overproduction of graduates and NO to the blind allocation of resources. The future of our youth and our regions depends on making the right decisions now.

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Accountability is Non-Negotiable: The Higher Education Ministry has failed the people. The time has come to demand accountability. The responsible officials—whether in the ministry or the state governments—must be removed from their positions. Their failures have contributed to the economic stagnation of entire regions. We cannot allow this cycle of wastage and fund diversion to continue while young Malaysians are left to fend for themselves in a hostile job market. The sacking of these officials is not only justified but necessary to restore faith in public institutions.

The truth is clear: the imbalance between educational output and job creation is a direct result of poor leadership, short-sighted policies, and a failure to communicate with local industries and communities. This has led to an unemployment crisis that is tearing at the social fabric of the East Coast. By prioritizing quantity over quality in education, the ministry has left graduates stranded with degrees that have little market value.