The prime minister says the government's recent decision to increase intake into matriculation centres would mean more non-Malays too using the easy way to get into universities.
PUTRAJAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad today weighed in on the debate over the limited number of places for non-Malay students at the government’s matriculation centres, saying the pre-university programme was designed to make it easier for Malays to enter universities.
“So we provided a back door for them. It was entirely meant as a back door for the Malays,” the prime minister said during an interview session with the media at his office here. The programme is popular as it is much cheaper than pursuing other pre-university courses at private institutions, apart from allowing greater chances of entering public universities.
Mahathir said the government’s decision to increase the intake was in response to complaints that non-Malays who performed better could not get a place in the matriculation programme.
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