Higher Education Ministry plans to set up university for women

PUTRAJAYA: The Higher Education Ministry plans to set up a university that specifically caters for women, which indirectly would increase Malaysia's visibility in higher education and further strengthen its position as an international higher education hub.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad said currently the number of women in local public higher education institutions was more than 350,000 which constitutes 61% of the overall student enrolment, while more than 530,000, which was 53% of female students, were enrolled in local private higher education institutions.