Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor made honorary professor of Kazakhstan University
Datin Seri Rosmah watches as UKM vice-chancellor Tan Sri Dr
Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin (left) exchanges documents with Suleyman
Demirel Universiti rector Prof Dr Mesut Akgul.
The
efforts of Datin Seri Rosmah
Mansor in developing early childhood education through the
Permata Negara programme has again received international recognition.
On Thursday, she was
made an honorary professor of the International Information Technology
University (IITU) here.
The award was presented
to Datin Seri Rosmah, wife of Prime Minister Datuk
Seri Najib Tun Razak, by IITU president Prof Dr
Kenzhegali Sagadiyev. In his speech, Sagadiyev commended Datin Seri Rosmah for her continuous engagement in empowering women and supporting
talented children.
"She is actively
promoting the Permata project, a nationwide movement that strives for the
development of early childhood education and care.
"Permata is a good
example to improve the development of children and youth," he said.
Sagadiyev said that it
was due to her contribution that the top professors in IITU agreed that Rosmah
deserved to be awarded with the professorship.
Initiated in August
2005, Permata Negara is the early childhood education and care programme for
underprivileged Malaysian children and was later expanded to serve their other
needs.
Datin Seri Rosmah, who is the
patron of Permata, in her acceptance speech, thanked IITU for the honour and
said it would serve as an encouragement to continue pursuing her work.
"I also accept this
honour on behalf of all the wonderful people who have been working tirelessly
with me to implement the Permata programme as an innovative and crucial
component of the Malaysian education system.
"I would also like
to thank my children and my husband, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, who have
been the source of inspiration and pillar of strength in motivating and
enabling me to contribute to my country," she said.
Also present at the
ceremony were Malaysian Women, Family and Community Development
Minister Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim and the Malaysian
Ambassador to Kazakhstan Datuk Ahmad Rasidi
Hazizi.
IITU is the first university established by
Kazakhstan President Nursultan
Nazarbayev to be the leader in information technology
research and training of highly skilled and internationally recognised IT
experts and professionals.
It has collaborated with
several Malaysian universities, including Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM),
Universiti Tenaga Nasional
(Uniten), Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) and Multimedia University (MMU).
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