Ke Arah Pemerkasaan Modal Insan: Penyediaan Lulusan Pengajian Melayu

The paper tracessome of major developments in Malaystudiesin Malaysiasince Independence to the present-day. It is basedon author s own experiences who had beenof oneitsplayers. Itcouldbe ascertained thatthehigherlevelofMalaystudies in this country was augured by establishment of Malay Studies Department in Universiti Malaya in 1959. Theideaof its establishment wasmoored by the Carr- Saunders Commission whichundertook highereducation surveys in 1948 in the MalayStates. Oneof the Department s distinguished features wastheestablishment of the Chair of Malay Studies since its early stage. From 1962 to 1993 there were four scholars who hold the Chair. It started with Prof. R. Roolvink in 1962 as its holder, thenfollowed byProf.S.T. Alisjahbana (1964), Prof. M.Taib Osman(1981) andProf. Nik SafiahKarim(1993). Althoughduringdifference times,the Speeches of all those four holders anchored on the same issues: the form and functions of Malay Studies Department and the type graduates it produced. It had been these issues that always been the essence of the Academy of the Malay Studies in its endeavors ofhuman capital building till to dates.