PENANG: The country needs to promote open and distance learning so that tertiary education becomes less elitist and is accessible to more people.
In making this point, state executive councillor Datuk Dr Toh Kin Woon said that while tertiary education in Malaysia had experienced rapid growth since the 1980s, it was still accessible to just 15% of the target group.
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