Education | Gov’t makes university pledge at IPM graduation

The Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) held its graduation ceremony for the 2015/16 academic year at its Sports Pavilion yesterday, where over 600 graduates were conferred their bachelor degrees or senior college diplomas.
The ceremony was officiated by Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, who stressed the MSAR government’s dedication to prioritizing policies for education development.
A statement from IPM said that the government had made a pledge at the ceremony to reform its Regulation on Higher Education, and to speed up investments in mobilizing capabilities for the moderate adjustment of the local economy toward diversification.
Chui emphasized that IPM graduates should put what they have learned at MPI into practice and make contributions to the MSAR and to aid in the territory’s economic diversification.
Distinguished guests attending the ceremony included, among others the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam, the deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central Government, members of the Legislative Council and representatives from government agencies and corporate organizations.
The president of IPM, Lei Heong Iok, stated in his speech at the ceremony that the institution has witnessed the graduation of over 16,000 students in the last 17 years.
The institute was the first tertiary education institution in Asia to obtain the authoritative accreditation from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in the U.K., according to the IPM statement.