Private institutions of higher education not ready to implement higher MUET score requirement

Private institutions of higher education will not be implementing the higher MUET score requirement next year, says Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also education minister.

Ideally, the plan was to standardise the raise in entry requirement in all higher education institutions across the country, however government has decided to give consideration to private institutions.

"Basically, I agree with the standardisation...but this is a big initiative we are starting at the government level and implementing in public institutions of higher learning (IPTA) first," he said.

"We will see how this goes as many aspects need to be considered..in the early stage, we want to see its effectiveness in the IPTA," he added.

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