Do more to attract students from Maldives, says M’sian envoy


KUALA LUMPUR: As students from the Maldives have shown interest in pursuing primary to tertiary education in Malaysia, the education sector in Malaysia should do more to entice them, says the new Malaysian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Badli Hisham Adam.

“To leverage on this increasing interest, Malaysia – through the High Commission in Colombo, with the cooperation of Malaysian private and public universities – intends to ramp up promotions to attract more students.

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