HEALTH ENDOWMENT MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (IPT) IN MALAYSIA: HISTORY AND REALITY

Abstract

Higher Education Institutions (IPT) have existed since the heyday of Islam through a process that is in line with the development of the education and health system. IPT is seen as a place that serves as a center for the dissemination of knowledge, development of human personality and also a catalyst for the local socio-economy. With the emergence of IPTs managed by a number of governments based on the concept of Islamic legislation, the instrument of endowment for higher education and health is widely used as one of the methods in ensuring the stability of management and the integrity of its administration. This paper is written to identify how the development of higher education and health endowments in HEIs or universities that use endowment funding from the era of Islamic development and how the current reality in Malaysia. The authors analyzed the data using qualitative methods and conducted interviews with officers who manage the unit/ department of higher education and health endowment in selected and identified HEIs. The results of the study revealed several important issues in managing and developing higher education and health endowments in HEIs such as funding and financial problems, lack of specialist manpower and issues of collaboration with trustees. The management of education and health endowments in the heyday of Islam needs to be examined in order to be re-applied in line with current progress and Islamic principles by the management of IPT. The author concludes that HEIs need to continue to make improvements and always be ready to address every issue and challenge in implementing higher education and health endowments in HEIs that are the focus of the community to get education and health in the form of endowments.