Higher Education Ministry to shorten 44 degree programmes at IPTA to three years

Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin (second from left) at the closing ceremony for Universiti Malaya's 'Jom Masuk U' event on Sunday (June 4).

KUALA LUMPUR: The Higher Education Ministry has identified 44 course programmes at nine public institutions of higher learning (IPTA) which will be completed in three years.

Its minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said with the course duration shortened from four to three years, the amount of loan or tuition fees that students had to bear could be reduced.