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Questionnaire For Establishment Of Board of Computing
Professionals Malaysia (BCPM)
This questionnaire is to solicit feedback from the ICT community to determine the overall suitability and general acceptance to the
proposal for the establishment of the Board of Computing Professionals Malaysia (BCPM).

Objective

This questionnaire is to solicit feedback from the ICT community to determine the overall suitability and general acceptance to the
proposal for the establishment of the Board of Computing Professionals Malaysia (BCPM).

Context

The proposal for the establishment of the BCPM is the third of three strategic thrusts recommended by the National ICT Human
Resource Task Force under the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) within the ICT Human Capital Development Framework. The
framework provides a set of national initiatives towards producing more resilient ICT graduates and transforming the country into a
producer nation in ICT software and applications. This is to be attained via the development of a sufficiently large and readily
available pool of highly competent computing professionals, being those who innovate, design, implement and maintain computers,
computing systems, and computing applications. [More details are available at http://goo.gl/nXBwb]

A draft Bill (RUU – Rang Undang-Undang) for this purpose had been prepared in December 2011, which was circulated for a
preliminary discussion on an Open Day held at MOSTI on Tuesday 13 December 2011, with the period for feedback left open until
Friday 30 January 2012. The feedback obtained was analysed and discussed, which subsequently led to the contents of the
questionnaire in this survey.

This survey will be open for responses, either through face-to-face at the end of a series of awareness programme sessions, or
through a portal, for a period of 15 days from Monday 28 May to Monday 11 June. The results of this survey will be analysed and the
appropriate recommendations will be forwarded to the Ministry of Science and Innovations (MOSTI) for the appropriate action.
Ultimately, based on the results, the draft Bill/RUU will be:

Amended accordingly and tabled at Parliament for adoption; or
Adopted via other means (e.g. via Industry); or
Abandoned altogether.

Underlying Intentions

First and foremost, it is crucial to note that the Bill/RUU is only a vehicle, where the exact underlying intentions are to have the
following:

To establish a class of Professionals that can be distinguished from ordinary IT providers and will also guarantee a certain
level of expertise/standards and be accountable for their services.

To attain international recognition and/or equivalence, especially via the Seoul Accord (see below), and in particular for our
Computing/ICT degrees.

The questionnaire will address the six points that support the underlying intentions for the establishment of the BCPM, the
associated Bill, and the overall implementation, namely the following:

1. The need for Certification of Professionals and to sign the Seoul Accord:

There has always been a strong desire to make our Computing/ICT graduates have a professional status (akin to engineers, medical
doctors, accountants, etc.) as well as be internationally recognised as such. Three points are very relevant here:

The best way to achieve both is to sign the Seoul Accord (equivalent to the Washington Accord for engineering), which will
not only enforce the maintenance of the required level to be considered professionals, but it also provides a status that is
recognised worldwide.
However, all signatories of the Seoul Accord need to have a Board (or Society or any entity) that is equivalent to the
proposed BCPM, which will have to be accorded the necessary authority and be responsible to audit and accredit

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Computing/ICT programmes, to register professional members, and to regulate them.
It is important to note that with the professional status comes a considerably high degree of responsibility, especially in terms
of a guarantee of quality and accountability.

2. The need for a Bill/RUU:

Unlike in many countries, it is by tradition and practice that all Boards of Professionals in Malaysia had been set up via an Act of
Parliament, and this is strongly perceived to be so (else, few will feel the compulsion to adhere to the Board’s regulations). In any
case, the Bill can be seen to be the surest and fastest way of getting the underlying intentions implemented.

3. Registration with BCPM will be voluntary:

Once the BCPM is set up, four points are of major relevance:

Graduates from the BCPM (hence Seoul Accord) accredited degrees will automatically qualify to be Registered Computing
Practitioners, and later become Registered Computing Professionals after acquiring some experience and satisfying certain
criteria.
Both registrations will also be open to other graduates and even non-graduates based on certain required and proven
experience to be established by the Board.
The above are essentially criteria to qualify for registration, but no individual is compelled to be registered with the BCPM,
and once registered may also opt to de-register himself.
There have also been proposals to have the category of Registered Computing Service Providers for companies, but should
this proposal be accepted, registration will also be voluntary.

4. Regulatory matters apply only to BCPM registered members:

In the implementation of the Act and the BCPM, three points are to be noted:

The provisions of the Act and the ensuing regulations (from the Act and from the Board) apply only to its registered members,
and hence only to individuals (and not the companies or institutions they represent). [The exception would be for the
Registered Computing Service Providers should the category be adopted.]
The above would mean that there will be no official regulations that would compel projects (government or otherwise) to be
proposed and carried out only by BCPM registered members.
Nonetheless, it is also important to note that project owners (government or otherwise) may voluntarily choose for their
projects to be proposed and carried out by BCPM registered members only – as is the case for a few countries with their
BCPM equivalent (and often with the addition of ISO conditions).

5. The Board needs to be neutral:

To ensure acceptance by the ICT community, industry and the public in general, the Board needs to be neutral at all levels and it has
to be seen to be so:

This has to be in terms of its composition (the President and executive members), the decisions it makes, its actions, etc.
Neutrality, impartiality and independence of the Board are also strict pre-conditions to qualify for signing the Seoul Accord.

6. The Board needs to be sustainable:

Like all other Boards of Professionals, BCPM has to be financially sustainable (after a possible initial grant from the Government).
This would typically be from fees from accreditation exercises, subscriptions from registered members, and from several professional
activities.

The Seoul Accord

As mentioned, one of the main reasons for establishing BCPM is to be able to sign the Seoul Accord. Established in December
2008, the Seoul Accord is a multi-lateral mutual recognition agreement among agencies responsible for the accreditation or
recognition of undergraduate computing and IT related programmes.

The Seoul Accord's vision is to become recognised internationally as a leader in defining and promulgating standards and guidelines
for the academic preparation of computing professionals. The Seoul Accord is non-governmental and is not affiliated with any
country.

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The Seoul Accord has since become the international authority on quality assurance and the promotion and development of best
practices for the improvement of education in the computing and IT-related professions. The Accord establishes the equivalence in
terms of outcomes relative to the preparation for professional practice. [More details (in particular, for governance and graduate
attributes) are available at http://goo.gl/nXBwb ]

One of the many benefits of signing the Seoul Accord is that the agreement and the resulting standard that it creates allows the
Malaysian public and private sector to recruit with confidence computing or Information Technology workers from around the world
with accredited degrees.

It also helps graduates from Malaysian institutions of higher learning who want to work or study abroad be recognised world-wide if
Malaysia is a signatory.

The accredited degrees here refer to those that comply with the standards of the curricula and targeted graduate attributes as
stipulated by the Seoul Accord, which establishes an internationally recognised ‘desired’ level of quality of programmes and
graduates.

Currently there are eight signatories, the British Computer Society, Australian Computer Society, Canadian Information Processing
Society, ABET Inc (USA), JABEE (Japan), ABEEK (Republic of Korea), HKIE (Hong Kong) and IEET (Taiwan).

The signatories to the Accord need to be authorities, agencies, or institutions that are representative of the computing and IT-related
community and that have statutory powers or recognised professional authority for accrediting/recognising programmes designed to
satisfy the academic requirements for professional computing and IT-related practice within a defined jurisdiction (e.g. country,
economy, geographic region).

In Malaysia, by tradition and practice, a Bill is required to empower/accord a body as such.

There are 42 questions in this survey

General

1 [GENERALQ1]Where are you in the ICT community? *

Please also fill in the "other comment" field.

Please choose only one of the following:

Computer Science/ ICT Student
Computer Science/ ICT Academic Staff
Government ICT Department
ICT Vendor (Retail & Distribution)
Multinational or Large ICT Company
SME software & application development company
SME ICT community providers (esp. social media) and free lancers
ICT User

None of the above

2 [GENERALQ2]Please indicate your citizenship status? *


Malaysian citizen

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Permanent resident in Malaysia
Citizen of a developed nation
Citizen of a developing nation

3 [GENERALQ3]Please indicate your age group? *


Below 20
21-25
26-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
Above 60

4 [GENERALQ3a]Please indicate your number of years of working experience in ICT? *


Beginner
Below 5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
Above 25

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5 [GENERALQ4]Do you have an academic Computer Science/ICT qualification? *



Doctor of Philosophy
Masters
Bachelors
Diploma
Not Applicable

Others – Please specify (e.g. CCNA)

6 [GENERALQ5]If you do not have a Computer Science/ICT qualification, what base qualification do
you have? *



Science
Engineering
Business
Social Science/Humanities
Not Applicable

Other

7 [GENERALQ6]Are you a member of any Professional Body (locally or internationally)? If yes,
please specify.

Please write your answer here:

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8 [GENERALQ7]In your current position, what are you? *



CEO/Owner of an ICT company
Manager in a position to employ (e.g. CIO)
Employee
Self-employed

Other

9 [GENERALQ8]In your current position, what is your monthly income (estimated, if
self-employed)? *


RM40,000 and above
RM30,000-RM39,999
RM20,000-RM29,999
RM10,000-RM19,999
RM5,000-RM9,999
Below RM5,000

10 [GENERALQ9]In your current position, what is the number of ICT employees in your
department/organisation? *


1-5
6-10
11-20
21-50
51-100
Above 100

11 [GENERALQ10]Please provide your contact detail?

Please write your answer(s) here:

Email address

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Phone number

Phone number is only necessary if e-mail is not available.

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Part 1: The need for Certification of Professionals and to sign the Seoul Accord

There has always been a strong desire to make our Computing/ICT graduates have a professional status (akin to engineers, medical
doctors, accountants, etc.) as well as be internationally recognised as such. Three points are very relevant here:

The best way to achieve both is to sign the Seoul Accord (equivalent to the Washington Accord for engineering), which will
not only enforce the maintenance of the required level to be considered professionals, but it also provides a status that is
recognised worldwide.

However, all signatories of the Seoul Accord need to have a Board (or Society or any entity) that is equivalent to the
proposed BCPM, which will have to be accorded the necessary authority and be responsible to audit and accredit
Computing/ICT programmes, to register professional members, and to regulate them.

It is important to note that with the professional status comes a considerably high degree of responsibility, especially in terms
of a guarantee of quality and accountability.

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12 [PART1Q1]Currently in Malaysia, not many disciplines are officially recognised as professionals
(those that are include engineers, medical doctors, lawyers, architects, accountants, etc.). Please
state whether you agree or otherwise to the following general statements: *

Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
Yes No
Having an official professional status is an advantage
Computing/ICT practitioners should be considered as professionals for
SELECTED subdomains only (e.g. software & network architects,
software developers, etc. – with the subdomains to be specified later)
Computing/ICT should also be considered a professional domain for
ALL service providers
Computing/ICT graduates currently have problems to be recognised as
professionals (albeit unofficial)
Computing/ICT graduates currently tend to earn lower salaries
compared to officially recognised professionals
Only computing/ICT graduates should be considered for professional
status
All computing/ICT practitioners with proven experience should be
considered for professional status (the criteria will be determined later)
There is absolutely no necessity for professional status in ICT

13 [PART1Q2]Software and applications have been developed and deployed in almost every
industry in Malaysia, with the supplying company taking responsibility for the resulting quality and
reliability (and not the individuals involved). Please state whether you agree or otherwise to the
following statements: *

Yes No
ALL ICT products should be produced only by certified experts in the
field
SELECTED ICT products should be produced only by certified experts in
the field (the list will have to be determined later), others being open to
all
ALL computer based systems that are ready to be deployed have to be
signed-off (as with other professionals) and taken under the
responsibility of the person(s) who signed them off
SELECTED computer based systems that are ready to be deployed have
to be signed-off and taken into the responsibility by the person(s) who
signed them off (the list will have to be determined later)

14 [PART1Q3]Certified professionals are regulated by some officially established Board of
Professionals for that domain. Please state whether you agree or not that having certified
computing/ICT professionals (as the one for Engineering – Ir.) will result in the following: *

Yes No
It will give official recognition to IT practitioners

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Yes No
It will facilitate the use of good practices based on global standards
It will create responsibility and accountability among professionals

15 [PART1Q4]If Malaysia qualifies to sign as a member of the Seoul Accord, it will make our
Certified Computing Professional (which has to be through a BCPM) be recognised internationally
– meaning that one can offer his/her professional services at an international level. *

Yes No
This is good for the individual
This is good for the industry

16 [PART1Q5]Signing the Seoul Accord also enforces the maintenance of the required level to be
considered professionals – meaning that curricula, best practices and ethics will have to follow
international standards. Please indicate your agreement or otherwise to the following statements: *

Yes No
This will enhance the creativity and competency of our graduates
This will enhance the professionalism of the computing workforce
This will prepare for better software development within the country
(compared to current system integration and customisation)
This will lead to better acceptance and utilisation of local software

17 [PART1Q6]The following is only to gauge an overall judgement: *

Yes No Undecided
The certification of ICT professionals is good for the industry
The establishment of BCPM should be supported
We should sign the Seoul Accord

Part 2: The need for a Bill/RUU

Unlike in many countries, it is by tradition and practice that all Boards of Professionals in Malaysia had been set up via an Act of
Parliament, and this is strongly perceived to be so (else, few will feel the compulsion to adhere to the Board’s regulations). In any
case, the Bill can be seen to be the surest and fastest way of getting the underlying intentions implemented.

18 [PART2Q1]To date, all Boards of Professionals in Malaysia had been set up via an Act of
Parliament. Please state whether you agree or otherwise to the following statements: *

Yes No

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Yes No
Engineering and all the other Boards of Professionals in Malaysia could
have achieved the same goals without an act of Parliament
An organically grown Board will take a long time to set up and gain
acceptance by academia and industry
Computing in Malaysia already has a strong voice to express concerns
relating to ICT to our leaders and for working on international platforms

19 [PART2Q2]Please indicate your choice as to how BCPM should be set up (or not), noting that the
body that can sign the Seoul Accord has to be independent, representative of the ICT community,
and has to carry out audit and accredit academic programmes of universities (and naturally with
the statutory powers or the recognised professional authority to do so): *


Self-regulation – a ‘free for all’ ICT environment
Government regulated – by some Ministry (or Ministries)
Industry regulated – by an existing body (e.g. PIKOM)
Society regulated – by an existing body (e.g. MNCC)
Incorporating into an existing Act and hence Board (e.g. Board of Engineering)
Incorporating into other proposed Acts and hence Boards (e.g. Board of Technologies)
Board regulated – new and organically grown
Board regulated – new and set up by an Act

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Part 3: Registration with BCPM will be voluntary

Once the BCPM is set up, four points are of major relevance:

Graduates from the BCPM (hence Seoul Accord) accredited degrees will automatically qualify to be Registered Computing
Practitioners, and later become Registered Computing Professionals after acquiring some experience and satisfying certain
criteria.

Both registrations will also be open to other graduates and even non-graduates based on certain required and proven
experience to be established by the Board.

The above are essentially criteria to qualify for registration, but no individual is compelled to be registered with the BCPM,
and once registered may also opt to de-register himself.

There have also been proposals to have the category of Registered Computing Service Providers for companies, but should
this proposal be accepted, registration will also be voluntary.

20 [PART3Q1]Which of the following categories are deemed necessary: *

Yes No
Registered Computing Practitioner (a minimum level prior to being a full
professional)
Registered Computing Professional (a full professional with proven
experience)
Registered Computing Service Provider (for companies)

21 [PART3Q2]In line with the underlying intentions, the category of Registered Computing
Practitioner will be automatically awarded to those holding BCPM accredited Computing/ICT
degrees, but the opportunity should also be open to others. Please indicate your agreement or
otherwise to the proposals below: *

Yes No
It should be open to all individuals with MQA accredited Computing/ICT
degrees, provided they have proven experience in the domain
The above should also include diploma holders in Computing/ICT
The above should also include all degree holders
The above should also include all diploma holders
The above should be open to all IT practitioners

22 [PART3Q3]For those without BCPM accredited Computing/ICT degrees and wishing to be
Registered Computing Practitioners, which of the following should be inspected or conducted: *

Yes No
Experience (the norm is a minimum of 3 years)

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Yes No
Documented project reports from work
Professional exams
Professional interviews (oral exams)
Project or hands-on exams

23 [PART3Q3a]If you want to specify others for the question above – please specify :


24 [PART3Q4]All Registered Computing Practitioners will need to acquire experience and satisfy
certain criteria before being accepted as Registered Computing Professionals. To this goal, which
of the following should be inspected or conducted: *

Yes No
Experience (the norm is a minimum of 2-3 years)
Documented project reports from work
Professional exams
Professional interviews (oral exams)
Project or hands-on exams

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26 [PART3Q5]In many professional domains (engineering, architecture, etc.), academics need not
be registered members, but it would be an advantage. Nonetheless, the corresponding Boards of
Professionals would insist on a certain percentage of a faculty to be registered. Please state your
opinion: *


All faculty members should be registered with the Board
There should at least be 50% of the staff registered with the Board
There should at least be 25% of the staff registered with the Board
There should at least be 1-10% of the staff registered with the Board
There need not be any staff registered with the Board
The percentage should be determined by the Board

27 [PART3Q6]Please indicate your agreement or otherwise to the general statements below: *

Yes No
Employers will tend to employ Certified Computing Practitioners and
Certified Computing Professionals compared to non-registered ones
Project owners will tend to favour companies with Certified Computing
Practitioners and Certified Computing Professionals compared to those
with non-registered ones to execute their projects
Smaller and less critical projects will not require Certified Computing
Practitioners and Certified Computing Professionals and hence will cost
much less
Companies that work on smaller and less critical projects need not and
will not put emphasis on Certified Computing Practitioners and Certified
Computing Professionals

28 [PART3Q7]Should there be a BCPM (in on form or another): *

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Yes No
I believe I will qualify to be a registered/certified member
I will want to register in BCPM

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Part 4: Regulatory matters apply only to BCPM registered members

In the implementation of the Act and the BCPM, three points are to be noted:

The provisions of the Act and the ensuing regulations (from the Act and from the Board) apply only to its registered members,
and hence only to individuals (and not the companies or institutions they represent). [The exception would be for the
Registered Service Providers should the category be adopted.]

The above would mean that there will be no official regulations that would compel projects (government or otherwise) to be
proposed and carried out only by BCPM registered members.

Nonetheless, it is also important to note that project owners (government or otherwise) may voluntarily choose for their
projects to be proposed and carried out by BCPM registered members only – as is the case for a few countries with their
BCPM equivalent (and often with the addition of ISO conditions).

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29 [PART4Q1]Please indicate your agreement or otherwise to the statements below on restrictions
on ICT jobs that can or cannot be taken by registered members and non-registered members,
which need to be driven by the Bill/RUU. Here, ‘Registered Parties’ refer to Registered Computing
Practitioners, Registered Computing Professionals, and Registered Computing Service Providers,
and noting that Registered Parties will have to register their domain(s) of qualification and
expertise : *

Yes No
ONLY Registered Parties should be allowed to do certain ICT jobs – this
means non-registered parties will not be allowed to do those jobs (the
list will be determined later)
Registered Parties should be allowed to do jobs ONLY in those domains
they have been registered for – as opposed to being allowed to do all
ICT jobs
All ICT jobs should be open to all parties (registered and
non-registered), and it is up to the project owners to determine the
conditions to be imposed (this is current practice) – this means that for
projects such as those within the Critical National Information
Infrastructure (CNII), it will be up to the various Ministries to set the
conditions, and not by legislation.

This is a very key question.

30 [PART4Q2]Please indicate your agreement or otherwise to the statements on regulations below,
which also need to be driven by the Bill/RUU : *

Yes No
All regulations should apply only to individuals, namely Registered
Computing Practitioners and Registered Computing Professionals (and
not the companies or institutions they represent) [except for Registered
Computing Service Providers]

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Yes No
No additional regulations should apply on businesses and projects
(including for CNII), but project owners may determine the conditions to
be imposed
Those who opt to register with BCPM should be strictly regulated in
order to uphold the integrity of the profession, and they will not be
allowed to de-register when there are pending investigations
Registered members who do not comply with the regulations are usually
given warnings, and severe and/or repeat offences may lead to
de-registration. Should fines be also included?

This is another very key question.

31 [PART4Q3]National level regulations tend to hurt small businesses, where in the case of ICT,
possibly the Open Source community service providers. Curricula in Malaysia (and also the Seoul
Accord) advocate the use of Open Source, while no regulations have been planned that directly
refer to Open Source, but there may be side-effects. Please indicate your agreement or otherwise
on the following statements : *

Yes No
The Bill/RUU may be a hindrance to the use of the Open Source license
based on the underlying principles of Open Source
The establishment of BCPM will promote the development, usage and
sharing of Open Source software and applications

32 [PART4Q4]Please indicate your agreement or otherwise to the statements below on what the
establishment of BCPM may lead to given the proposals (compare with other Boards of
Professionals): *

Yes No
It will not be a hurdle to business in general
Rise in the quality of practitioners in the country
Tax-payers money will be not wasted in incompetent software
development
Foreign ICT workers will not outnumber local ICT workers

33 [PART4Q5]Please indicate your agreement or otherwise to the statements below on negligence:
*

Yes No
Negligence in signing off for physical infrastructure (bridges, buildings)
is a punishable crime
Negligence in the design, development and commissioning of software
and applications for mission critical usage (be it for human or financial
safety) should be a punishable crime

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Yes No
Negligence in the design, development and commissioning of software
and applications for public consumption (e.g. software to be used by
Malaysian children) should be a punishable crime
In the above, action should be taken even if the development was done
overseas
Fines of up to RM50,000 on registered members are acceptable (the
norm is about RM20,000)
The maximum fines should be reduced considerably

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Part 5: The Board needs to be neutral

To ensure acceptance by the ICT community, industry and the public in general, the Board needs to be neutral at all levels and it has
to be seen to be so:

This has to be in terms of its composition (the President and executive members), the decisions it makes, its actions, etc.

Neutrality, impartiality and independence of the Board are also strict pre-conditions to qualify for signing the Seoul Accord.

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34 [PART5Q1]The Board should be set up with a balance of the following members, all being in
Computing/ICT and almost all having to be Registered Computing Professionals or Registered
Computing Practitioners: *

Yes No
Academia
Computing/ICT Societies
Industry (general)
Large Corporations
Government institutions
SMEs in Computing/ICT
ICT Skills Trainers
Alumni of local universities



36 [PART5Q2]Please indicate your agreement or otherwise to the statements below on
appointments: *


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Yes No
There should be an equal composition of the Board members amongst
public, private and academia
Members of the Board are appointed by the Minister
The Minister may, at any time, revoke the appointment of any member of
the Board
The Board should be governed by its registered members through
AGM/elections (similar to the model employed by the Bar Council and
several other Boards)

37 [PART5Q3]Please indicate your agreement or otherwise to the statements below on BCPM’s
main roles: *

Yes No
The Board’s primary role should be the accreditation of programmes
The Board’s other primary role should put facilitating ICT activities and
businesses, and promoting global acceptance above regulating the
profession (indeed both are needed)
The Board’s other primary role should put regulating the profession
above facilitating ICT activities and businesses, and promoting global
acceptance (indeed both are needed)

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Part 6: The Board needs to be sustainable

Like all other Boards of Professionals, BCPM has to be financially sustainable (after a possible initial grant from the Government).
This would typically be from fees from accreditation exercises, subscriptions from registered members, and from several professional
activities.

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38 [PART6Q1]1. Please indicate your agreement or otherwise to the general statements below: *

Yes No
The Board should be able to be self-funding after (possibly) an initial
grant from the Government
Subscriptions and accreditation fees comparable to those imposed by
other Boards of Professionals (especially the Board of Engineering)
should be acceptable
If the Board is run in a similar manner to other Boards of Professionals
(especially the Board of Engineering), the costs to organisations and
business should not differ very significantly

Summary Questions

Summary Questions

Based on ealier explanations, several points are very pertinent:

Whether or not there should be a regulatory body for ICT, in particular the proposed BCPM, with minimally the following
functions:

- Auditing and accrediting academic programmes (working towards signing the Seoul Accord)
- Promoting the domain, including facilitating ICT activities and businesses
- Regulating its registered members

If there were to be one, it can take one of the following forms:

- Government established entity within a Ministry (or under several Ministries)
- Existing entity within industry, and a non-governmental body (e.g. PIKOM)
- Existing Computing Society, and a non-governmental body (e.g. MNCC)
- Newly formed entity (with participation from all the above)

Such an entity, existing or newly established, can operate either via general acceptance by other parties (organically grown),
or given the necessary authority via an Act (Establishment Act):

- Incorporated within an existing Act (e.g. Board of Engineering or the Communication and Multimedia Act 1998)
- Incorporated within another proposed Act (e.g. Board of Technologies)
Specific to ICT

An additional clause in the Act may be needed to regulate the industry to ensure the following, which will make its operations
similar to other Professional Bodies (without which, they can still be voluntarily imposed on a case to case basis by project
owners), such as:

- ONLY Registered Parties will be allowed to do certain ICT jobs (meaning non-registered parties will not be allowed to do those
jobs)
- Registered Parties should be allowed to do jobs ONLY in those domains they have been registered for (as opposed to being
allowed to do all ICT jobs).

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39 [SUMMARYQ1]Should there be a regulatory entitity for ICT – do you agree to the proposed
establishment of BCPM?: *


Yes
No

40 [SUMMARYQ2]If your response is Y to the above, then indicate how should the regulatory entity
be established:


Under a government entity (Ministry or Ministries)
Within an industry entity such as PIKOM
Within a non-governmental Society such as MNCC
Under an existing Act (e.g. Board of Engineering, Multimedia Act, etc.)
Under a proposed Act such as Malaysian Board of Technologist (MBOT)
As a new entity specifically for ICT

41 [SUMMARYQ3]Pertaining to the possibility/necessity of an Act (see 3rd and 4th bullet points in
the introduction): *

Yes No
Should there be an Establishment Act to formalise the regulatory entity
and to give it the necessary authority (but not covering below)?
Should there be an additional clause in the Act to regulate the industry
(as described in the Introduction above)?

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