Find ways to avoid the fiasco of uploading 8.173 USM applicants instead of only the successful 3,599.

DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw calls on the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) to investigate the human error that resulted in the uploading of 8,173 applicants instead just the 3,599 successful candidates. Let us have a better system.

It is a good thing that other universities have not committed a similar mistake.

Dr Tan sympathizes with hundreds of applicants whose names were wrongly uploaded. Their anguish is understandable.

According to the acting vice-chancellor of the university Professor Ahmad Shukri Mustapa Kamal, there were only 3,599 successful applicants but the names of 8,173 were uploaded. The 8,173 were pre-qualified to enter the university from a total of 22,000 applicants.

As USM is the apex university, other universities such as Universty of Malaya (UM) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia UKM), look at it in a special light. Hitherto, UM, UKM and others have managed to avoid such type of error.

Truly, USM must show that it is able to learn from this mistake and come up with measures to prevent a similar fiasco.

Dr Tan Seng Giaw