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Our “VOW”

( Voice Of Wisdom)

Tan Sri Prof. Dr Mohd Yusof Noor
Presiden, UIM

“We are here to cultivate friendships and understanding among ourselves and those who love

mankind and divine destiny through global wisdom. We are here to jointly investigate the roles
of intellectuals in today’s world and to discover new ways and means to cope with the bleak and

dangerous situations surrounding all of us. Although wisdom so far has not been defined as a
consensus, and perhaps it never will. But I believe it is a loss of eternal piece of moral value which we

have to discover in order to save humanity and to avoid or minimise unnecessary problems and crisis.
A systematic approach to develop wisdom as an attitude and skill, is urgently required, and I think

universities will be the most appropriate institution to generate and design new areas of studies
to be known as ‘applied wisdom’. I believe it will enhance all kinds of effort to improve stability and

unity in our world.

In response to the demands of materialistic world universities have become warehouses of
knowledge about production and consumption. Furthermore, the advancement of scientific

exploration and industrial progress above all else compel the majority of educational policies all
over the world today to minimize the importance of all learning not directly related to science and

technology and consequently reduces humanistic and ethical subjects from the curriculum. Science
and technical education have become the two major emphasis of the school systems, thus making

modern education extremely unbalanced. Therefore, we need the virtue of wisdom to bring the
balance back and to add the “soul of education”.

(Excerpts from UIM President’s Speech during
the International Convention on Wisdom 2.0 (ICW 2.0), 12 January 2016)