Don: Study locally to help stabilise ringgit


SHAH ALAM: Encouraging more students to think local when planning for their degrees could help stabilise the ringgit’s value in the long term, says an educationist.

UiTM Arshad Ayub Graduate School of Business director Assoc Prof Dr Jaafar Pyeman said a significant number of Malaysians leave the country in August and September each year to study overseas.

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