KUALA LUMPUR – The government plans to close five Education Malaysia (EM) offices overseas, namely those in Chicago and Los Angeles, the US; New Zealand; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and, Perth, Australia.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Mansor Othman said these offices no longer help increase the number of international students in Malaysia, or education grants or revenue for the country.
He said discussions were held with the Foreign Ministry and Public Service Department following the latter’s proposal of a rationalisation of EM offices abroad.
“The proposal... was tabled to the steering committee on the establishment and closure of the offices of Malaysian government agencies abroad on January 16.
“The committee further suggested that the rationalisation of the EM offices be implemented inclusively with the rationalisation of the offices of representatives of Malaysian government agencies abroad. The matter is being studied,” he told the Dewan Rakyat today.
He was replying to a question from Maszlee Malik (independent-Simpang Renggam) on the status of the rationalisation of EM offices overseas. – Bernama, November 16, 2020
