386k public uni students to benefit from fee discount - ministry

 

A total of 386,142 public university students in the country will benefit from the RM185.7 million fee reduction to help those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Higher Education, in a statement, said the reduction of between 10 and 35 percent was given following a circular issued by the Higher Education Department (JPT), dated March 22, to public universities.

“The fee discount covers service, hostel, convocation, and college activities for Malaysian students in the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic session and will be extended to Malaysian students in semester two of the 2020/2021 academic session.

"The fee reduction for the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic session involves an allocation of RM75 million, of which RM20 million is an additional government allocation and RM55 million is from the public universities' internal resources," it said.

The ministry said the fee reduction for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic session would involve RM70.2 million and RM40.5 million is for the second session of the 2020/2021 academic year.

- Bernama