More than 182,000 get into public unis

Dr Maszlee (third from left) and Higher Education director-general Datin Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir (right) with the SPM school-leavers who have been accepted into public universities.

A TOTAL of 182,409 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) school-leavers were offered a place in public universities for the 2018/2019 June academic session intake.

This is 33,409 candidates more than the previous year.