PETALING JAYA: School leavers who receive offers to public universities, polytechnics, community colleges and public skills training institutions (ILKA) are chosen based on meritocracy, says the Higher Education Ministry.
For the recently announced 2023/2024 academic intake for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia holders, the ministry said about 61% of the applicants have been given offers to continue their studies.
“Of that number, a total of 79,668 candidates were offered seats at public universities while 65,243 candidates were offered to polytechnics, community colleges and ILKA, which provides a TVET-focused study programme,” it said in a statement today . About 50% of the applicants are from the Chinese community from the overall 10,447 eligible candidates.A total of 500 study programmes - with 143 certificate level, 47 foundation, 309 diploma and one bachelor's degree courses - have been offered for the 2023/2024 academic session.
“A total of 164,028 out of 403,637 SPM 2022 candidates did not apply for UPUOnline due to several factors,” the ministry said.
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