Advantage Study at College

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First and foremost, we are very grateful to our English tutor, Ms Ooi Guat Min whose generous advice has contributed to the development of this long report. Her precious assistance and actuation are very important for us so that we can complete the long report smoothly and successfully. Besides that, we also like to give special thanks to our group members as this report could not have been done without their positive attitudes and cooperation.

Besides this, we also appreciate some students in Tunku Abdul Rahman College for helping us in our survey form so that we can know their opinion of advantages and disadvantages of study at TARC. Without their help, we are not able to find enough information for our long report.

Introduction

Background

Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC) was established on 24 February 1969 under the leadership of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). The College was named after the late YTM Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia and the Father of Malaysian Independence. The College is 50% subsidised by the Government for all its recurrent and capital expenditure. The other 50% is borne by the Trustees. Having grown to be the largest College in Malaysia with a total enrolment of 25,000 students, it remains true to the same mission of providing more youths with quality and holistic education. Our 140,000 alumni is the College pride, with many of them holding key positions as professionals, corporate and national leaders The College has made possible the widened access to tertiary education by its affordable fees and through its 6 branch campuses in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Perak, Johor, Pahang and Sabah. The vision of MCA was to establish an institution of higher learning for young Malaysians who have, for one reason or another, been deprived of the opportunity to seek education, as well as to meet the rising demand from the private sector for trained professional, sub-professional and...