Chong: Govt will continue to fund undergraduate degree in Education


Progress in education: Chong (fifth from left) and guests symbolically breaking ground for a four-storey block at SJKC Putra Nilai in Nilai. — UU BAN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Allowances for trainee teachers, including living and travel allowances, will be stop­ped from June next year, said Deputy Education Minister Datuk Chong Sin Woon.

The ministry will, however, continue to fund the undergraduate degree in Education (PISMP) programme.

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