Implication of the Budget Allocation Reduction on Teaching and Learning Process

Malaysian Budget 2010 stated that in order to strengthen public universities so they will become more competitive, the government has agreed to consider giving autonomy to public universities to reduce their financial dependence on the government. Thus, to support this intention, the university has reduced the allocation received by the faculty in 2010. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of the fund allocation reduction implication received by the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment on teaching and learning process in 2010. The method used was analyzing the faculty financial data from 2005 to 2010 related to the total allocation received and expenditure made from the university financial system. Further method was conducting interview with science officer from each department in the faculty related to the allocation received by the department in 2010 and taking photos around the faculty as physical evidence resulted from the reduction of allocation in 2010. From the results, it was found that the reduction of allocation in 2010 shows a decline in teaching and learning process in all departments in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment.