Newspaper/Dates : The Straits Times, 19 June 2023
Synopsis : 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.
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.