Number of Education Malaysia offices overseas to be halved in rationalisation exercise


KUALA LUMPUR: Five out of 12 Education Malaysia (EM) offices overseas will be shut down for not contributing to an increase in international students, research grants or revenue to Malaysia, says Datuk Mansor Othman.

The Deputy Higher Education Minister said that the Public Service Department (JPA) in a letter dated May 16,2019, said it would conduct a rationalisation exercise on overseas Malaysian government offices and agencies, including EM.

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