PUTRAJAYA: The Higher Education Ministry is ready to consider an exemption or a reduction in study fees for citizens over 50 pursuing postgraduate degrees at government universities.
The ministry said the proposal, with terms and conditions attached, would be subject to the cabinet's approval. The decision was in line with the country's aim of producing 60,000 PhD holders by 2023.
Under the 2011 Budget, the ministry will spend RM483.9 million to develop the MyBrain15 programme, which will cover the fees of 7,610 current students and an additional 11,170 postgraduate students in the future.
A sum of RM741 million will be allocated for research and development under the 10th Malaysia Plan for the next two years.
The figure is more than two-fold compared with the allocation under the Ninth Malaysia Plan, which was RM315 million.
An additional RM400 million was allocated for five research universities.
They are Universiti Malaya, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
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