MCAST engineering course to be revised based on expert advice
The academic standard of engineering courses offered by MCAST is to be revised to ensure it matches that offered by the University of Malta, the government said on Wednesday as it reassured that it had no intention of lowering standards in the profession. Experts from a German accreditation agency which specialises in the engineering field, ASIIN, have been evaluating the MCAST course and preparing recommendations about how to amend it, the Education Ministry said. Their work, which began more than two years ago following a public call, is now nearing its conclusion, it added, although a co...