KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — The Integrated cumulative grade point average (i-CGPA) 2.0 system will be reintroduced and strengthened under the Malaysian Higher Education Blueprint 2026-2035 (RPTM), launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today.
Deputy Education Minister Adam Adli Abd Halim said the system aims to holistically evaluate students’ development, including academic achievements, soft skills, ethics and values, in line with efforts to produce balanced, high-integrity and competitive graduates.
“The ministry is targeting to implement this system across all public universities (UA), with its full adoption by 2028,” he said during the question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today.
He was replying to a question from Kamal Ashaari (PN-Kuala Krau), who asked whether the ministry plans to introduce a Student and Graduate Well-being Index to measure behaviour, morality, emotional literacy and mental health at higher education institutions (IPTs).
Adam Adli said the RPTM was designed to accelerate the transformation of the country’s higher education to ensure it remains relevant, competitive and responsive to increasingly dynamic and challenging global demands.
He said that through Stage 1, which is anchored in humanity, entrepreneurial features and adaptive learning, the ministry emphasises the holistic development of students.
“This emphasis goes beyond mere academic excellence by encompassing the cultivation of character and values, emotional literacy and mental well-being,” he said.
Adam Adli said the Graduate Well-being Index is being implemented in a structured manner by UA through institutional assessment mechanisms in line with their respective governance frameworks.
“For example, the Student Well-Being Index (StiDEX) at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) details five components, 17 elements, 43 indicators and 63 integrated items as numerical indicators of aspects of student welfare and personality,” he said.
In terms of mental health, he said this is measured holistically using the Psychological Well-Being Inventory (IKPSI) as a core instrument.
“As such, counselling centres at public universities are constantly strengthening the monitoring of students’ mental health and emotional well-being on a regular and systematic basis through the use of evaluation instruments that are widely used internationally, such as DAS21 and psychometric profiles,” Adam Adli said.
