GEORGE TOWN: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will help the special committee set up by the Higher Education Ministry to resolve the confusion that arose because of a technical glitch in its student intake for the 2009/2010 academic session.
Its deputy vice chancellor Prof Ahmad Shukri Mustapa Kamal said USM would help the committee, applicants and their parents in the matter.
He said USM was in the process of finalising its report for the ministry on the glitch in announcing successful candidates on it official website on Friday, May 29.
Speaking at a press conference here Monday, he said USM had notified applicants who were successful via SMS and was now awaiting their acceptance of the courses offered.
"Presently, we’re are preparing the final list of successful applicants before submitting a report on successful and non-successful candidates to the ministry's universities entrance management division (UPU).
The confusion arose when USM mistakenly listed 8,173 candidates on the website on May 29 as successful when actually the number should have only been 3,599.
Realising the mistake, USM rectified it the next day on May 30 but some 100 applicants together with their parents came to USM's campus here Sunday to seek clarification on the matter.
Ahmad Shukri said USM's priority now was to clear the confusion and that other matters related to the mistake would be handled later.
He added that USM regretted the mistake and apologised to the students who were affected by it.
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