KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Education Ministry is in the final stages of finding the best mechanism for implementing free university level-education, says its minister Dr Maszlee Malik. "In terms of free education, if we look at the school level, there is already no fees for schoolchildren. He was replying to a supplementary question from Datuk Mohd Salim Mohd Sharif (BN-Jempol) on the status of free education for university students. Meanwhile, Maszlee said the total amount deposited in the National Education Savings Scheme (SSPN-i) from January to Sept this year was RM475.6mil, up fromRM400.7mil within the same period last year. Deposits into the SSPN-i Plus scheme within the same period also showed an increase, recording RM106mil this year compared with RM86mil in 2018.

Source: The Star October 21, 2019 12:11 UTC