Budget 2025 must reflect a more substantial financial commitment to higher education in support of Malaysia’s transition to a high-income economy through sustainable digital development, says Vice-Chancellors’ Council for Private Universities chairman Prof Mushtak Al-Atabi.
Prof Mushtak, who is also Heriot-Watt University Malaysia provost and chief executive officer, said such investment creates a positive cycle of economic benefits by enhancing human capital, driving productivity and competitiveness, attracting foreign investments, supporting economic diversification, and promoting social equity, all of which collectively contribute to robust and sustainable growth in Malaysia’s GDP.
