Starting new courses

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia was one of the public universities, which welcomed new students earlier this month. — File photo

A TOTAL of 231,168 students with SPM, STPM, Matriculation and Foundation courses have accepted the offer to enter public institutions of higher education in the country for the 2018/1019 academic session.

The Education Ministry said in a statement that the students would pursue their diploma or bachelor's degree in sciences, arts, applied sciences, skills or technical fields, either at public universities, polytechnics, community colleges or training and skills institutes.