Binary University of Management and Entrepreneurship (Binary) released a statement today in which it denounced the report submitted by the cultural attache’s office to the Omani government.
“This report was submitted without any investigation carried out at our university.
“The Omani cultural attache’s office has defamed and damaged our reputation by providing incorrect and misleading information to the MOHE in Oman,” Binary vice-chancellor Dr Sulochana Nair said.
The university added that it had not received any visit from the Omani cultural attache’s office, nor was there any consultation on the allegations.
“They did not write to us to inform us of any non-compliance. As such we are totally in the dark as to why we are being penalised and how they came up with such a report.
“We have been waiting for formal notification since Monday and have yet to receive the notification,” she said, explaining the reason for the delayed public response to the original order from the Omani government.
The Times of Oman had reported on Sunday that its MOHE had decided to impose a ban on four Malaysian universities after they were deemed to have committed “alleged abuses” and failed to address “challenges” facing students from the middle-eastern sultanate.
The institutions were identified as Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), SEGi University, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, and Binary.
The report said there were 378 Omani students already enrolled in the four institutions.
Oman’s cultural attaché in Malaysia, Yahya Salam Al Mandhari, was quoted as saying that the accreditations were revoked over various “violations”.
Sulochana refuted the report on the alleged violations and said even their students from Oman were not happy about it.
“We are very sincere and professional in dealing with our students.
“The good thing is that our Omani students are fully behind us. They are disturbed with our de-listing and they have assured us of their loyalty and undivided support,” she said.
FMT has contacted the Omani cultural attache’s office and is awaiting a response.