EDUCATION | GAES admits lagging behind in obtaining student information

The Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) admitts that it is “relatively slow” in acquiring the information of Macau students studying medical science overseas, which may lead to some students not being able to have their qualifications recognized by local medical institutions.
The comment was made by Vong Iut Peng from GAES, in response to a concern raised by one of the listeners of a TDM radio talk show yesterday, regarding the accreditation of overseas medical degrees in Macau. “Frankly, we are relatively slow [in gathering relevant information].We have already communicated with the relevant mainland departments on some cases [where some students’ degrees are not recognized in Macau]. In order to prevent this issue from happening again, we have been organizing seminars since 2011 on the issue and hoped that this could help the students and prevent the issue from happening again,” said Vong.
The GAES representative also revealed that in the 2013/14 school year, more than 600 Macau students were studying medical science overseas. Among them were 300 student pharmacists and 80 Chinese medicine students.
She recommended all students to visit the Talent Information Registration website to learn about the job market in Macau before deciding their future field of study. JPL