Cabinet to discuss student allowance for industrial training


KUALA LUMPUR: A suggestion to compel the private sector to pay allowances to students undergoing industrial training will be brought to the Cabinet for discussion, says Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh.

There was a need, she said, to discuss with both the Higher Education Ministry and Human Resources Ministry on the pros and cons of implementing the proposal, which had been carried out in the public sector.

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