Health Ministry confirms it has waived SPM-level BM requirement


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 01 Jul 2017

PETALING JAYA: The SPM-level Bahasa Malaysia requirement for medical graduates to be appointed for contract-based housemanship as well as compulsory service has been waived, the Health Ministry said.

According to the ministry, the Malaysian Examinations Syndicate also said that the graduates could sit for the SPM BM paper alone through special approval from the director of the syndicate.

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