Mara to be more selective in sending students abroad

Scholarship for overseas studies is most sought after scholarship  by the students but I wonder why only now they want to look for the field of study etc. Seems like they dont do planning before this when sending students abroad.

SEMPORNA: Mara will be more selective, especially in terms of the field of study and university status, when sending its future students abroad.

Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said Mara would focus more on fields vital for the country and that the students would only be sent to prestigious universities.

“In the future, we will focus more on uplifting the status of education in line with Mara’s objectives to help Bumiputera students, not only to pursue their studies locally, but also abroad.

“I want the students who we send abroad to pursue studies in the fields that can uplift their status and improve the country’s human capital standing,” he told reporters after opening the Mind Development Seminar jointly-organised by Mara Education Foundation and Semporna Umno here Saturday.

Shafie said it was not fair for the Government to spend billions of ringgit to send the students abroad if the courses and the universities chosen by the students were similar to that of local universities. – Bernama

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