Slashing overseas scholarships will save Govt RM240mil


KUALA LUMPUR: The Government says it will save RM240mil by slashing 744 overseas scholarships this year.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman in a parliamentary written reply said that as of now there were 7,736 students studying overseas on government funding.

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