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Varsities should focus more on research and innovation

The Ministry of Education, through the Commission for University Education (CUE), has given out new guidelines to post-graduate students to publish more before graduation.

This is a great move considering our post-graduate students are more class-based. My question is as a masters or PhD student, why should I attend classes, rather than be in the field developing new innovations through research.

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