KUALA LUMPUR: Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik has pledged to ensure that every single sen allocated for the ministry, which received the biggest slice of the pie under Budget 2020, will be properly spent. The Education Ministry received the largest allocation in Budget 2020 with RM64.1bil. At the same time, Maszlee said that technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions would be streamlined by a task force headed by the Education Ministry. Maszlee also said the higher allocation was to encourage more Malaysians to take up TVET courses and to stop perceiving such courses as a “second option”. “We want to be seen like countries such as Germany, where 60% of its citizens opt for TVET courses while the other 40% pursue academic courses.

Source: The Star October 11, 2019 12:45 UTC