The dropout rate among orang asli schoolchildren has gone down and the Rural and Regional Development Ministry is working with the Education Ministry to further reduce the number.
SIX orang asli students took their first step in living their dreams of studying overseas when they departed for the United Kingdom from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport last Sunday.
For Norsyakinah Jam, 27, from Tapah, Perak, it was a historical moment as she is among the few orang asli students to pursue a PhD - the former lecturer will be working on her doctorate in Islamic Banking at the Glasgow Caledonian University.
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