Yup, no quota?
In reality only Sarawakian can be admitted, no?

Unless they are like Singapore offering the best of best from ASEAN!

Article is about removing race-based quota from those 5 state universities. Which is a good thing.

The rest you just conveniently drag into the discussion, for what reason nobody knows.

Congrats!
Org Asli kid did not do well in school won't have chance to enter university.
Rich kids got lots of tuition can enjoy state university

Rich gets rich, poor gets tax and debt.

When I stated, Congrats! means that Congrats to Sarawak leading the way to meritocracy.
With meritocracy, what would become of slow learner - that is the new concern.

Quota based did have some benefits, and today 2024, we see the benefit is limited. As in MY still in middle income, B40 -> B85, budaya rasuah, as you know. That's why PMX have to reform out corruption from system and Sarawak's shift to meritocracy should be celebrated and think-through. Otherwise slow learners will gravitate towards 3R.
Agree to some extend, and that extend is "still got space"
All young people should be allowed to take on tertiary education.
If slow learner not good in STEM then intro them to TVET.
When you stated "still got space" means that you treat them as an 'after-thought' like leftovers. This should not be the case.
Yes, rich get taxed more.
Poor get taxed less bcos they cannot afford to spend more.
Poor get more tongkat than rich.
Rich also get tongkat, like drive high power cars get petrol subsidy, and kids get admited to public uni bcos cronyism.

Capitalism is a system that benefits the rich.
Capitalism is proven to increase wealth gap, and creates poverty, thats why gov't must intervene.
Eg. USA introduce unemployment benefits, retirement savings fund, to make up against capitalism.
When countries do not look after their poor then risk collapsing like middle east.
PRC learnt this and address poverty, using PRC's version of capitalism with a Chinese touch.
As a result we see Malays got more benefit from the past policies and UITM while the Org Asli still need more help.
Also if Org Asli from Sarawak would to be shipped from East to Peninsular and incur higher cost of living.... why not accomodate them in Sarawak, which has achieved high income state in MY.

..The government recently made an announcement for 2025 budget, kids/students from T15 family income brackets will have to pay full tuition for public University and boarding school(MRSM type of school I presume).

Acquaintance sudah kena for for his kid (2025 intake) 8 semester total RM44k++ (forgot what course)

Good job ss, that's the way to move forward.

This is already a big step.
These state owned university need to build up reputation before thinking to attract talent from outside
U know NUS and NTU are the best in ASEAN right?

I see.
44k is a shock. Hopefully T15 by income number is define higher.

I still do not understand. Are you asking for gov't to give T15 tongkat subsidy?

The article as I read is Sarawak is suggesting to reform university intake by merit. Maybe your kid got good scores can apply?

Really? Dun kena cheated ohh....

MRSM interview for 2025 admission is on going. Result expected release by Jan '25

Meanwhile 2025 university intake is cater for 2024 stpm and spm batch. These students yet to take stpm/spm exam.... So have not even apply le. Intake should be around July to Sept '25

yes. state-owned also. it is private.
they still charge students full-unsubsidized tuition fees, unless like he said give out scholarship by meritocracy

Dunno Liao, I got to know abt it coz he bitch abt it in Facebook..lol, I didn't follow current news but he did mentioned his kid got offer letter stating how much they need to fork up for the whole course- payable by semester. Not bad lah around rm5k++ per semester iiddat but that's not including living expenses for the kid. Some of us T15 just touch that income line by maybe few RM...nak kata mahakaya memang dok lah.

Public unis dah stop race-based quota in 2007. Please get up to date with the programme.

Congrats!
Org Asli kid did not do well in school won't have chance to enter university.
Rich kids got lots of tuition can enjoy state university

Rich gets rich, poor gets tax and debt.

Congrats!
Org Asli kid did not do well in school won't have chance to enter university.
Rich kids got lots of tuition can enjoy state university

Rich gets rich, poor gets tax and debt.

Public unis dah stop race-based quota in 2007. Please get up to date with the programme.

The question is whether we are on merit based, and not whether we are on race-based quota.

If we are on merit based, we won't have to listen about full As students complaining cannot get a place in IPTA every year.