Budget 2025: Youth leaders want more funds for skills training, digital startups


KUALA LUMPUR: Increased financing for the Skills Development Fund Corporation (PTPK) and more government-supervised early childhood education centres are among the key expectations of the country's youth for Budget 2025, which will be tabled in Parliament on Oct 18.

Malaysian Youth Council president Mohd Izzat Afifi Abdul Hamid said the corporation needs more funding as the number of students in technical and vocational education and training is increasing, as are its costs.

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