Higher Education Ministry to form taskforce to look into IPTS issues


PETALING JAYA: The Higher Education Ministry has formed a national taskforce to look into issues and challenges that private higher education institutions (IPTS) are facing in the light of Covid-19.

Its minister Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad (pic) said the Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities (Mapcu) estimates a 84.1% drop in foreign student enrolment this year, with a loss amounting to RM6.9bil.

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