Malaysian PM promises free university education
No tuition fees, degree courses shortened to three years and hybrid learning – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been wooing the country’s youth by promising to ease the path to further studies, according to The Straits Times.
Malaysian PM promises free university education
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Malaysian PM promises free university education

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Eurasia 22/06/2023 15:25

No tuition fees, degree courses shortened to three years and hybrid learning – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been wooing the country’s youth by promising to ease the path to further studies, according to The Straits Times.

Ahead of six key state elections expected in July, Datuk Seri Anwar also reversed a recent decision to stop the Public Service Department (JPA) from offering scholarships for medicine, dentistry and pharmacy courses, and raised allowances from July for existing scholarship holders, the newspaper added.

He told students at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Bangi on the same day that he believed tertiary education should be free for all Malaysians except the rich, but that he needed more time to implement such a policy.
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Several other changes were announced by the Higher Education Ministry on June 4. These include a move to a hybrid learning system at public universities. Students have to attend lectures for the first and final years and will be given the flexibility of studying from home during the second year, The Straits Times added.

At least 44 courses at nine public universities will be shortened from four years to three, allowing graduates to enter the workforce earlier, according to Higher Education Minister Khaled Nordin.

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