News & Reviews:   MOHE

Minister of Higher Education (MOHE) Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir revealed that Malaysia has been recognised by fellow Commonwealth nations as a model country in developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital transformation. Zambry said that this was one of the issues raised in the 22nd Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) at Marlborough House, London in the UK recently.

Previously, we mentioned the PMX announcement on the increased service tax and funds to combat online scams. But it does not end there, the Prime Minister also announced a whopping RM510 million for the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation, and the Ministry of Higher Education.

The Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad today gave an update regarding the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia programme, revealing that a total of 97,635 applications have been approved. During her speech at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) today, Noraini said that all of the approved applications were from phase one of the programme.

The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) said that the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia device assistance may be expanded to B40 students outside of institution under the purview of the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). For now, the programme is only open to students studying under MOHE, namely public and private institutions of higher learning.