EMGS targets 50,000 new student applications this year

By Iswandi Kasan Anuar

BANDUNG, April 25 (Bernama) -- Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) is targeting to receive 50,000 new applications from international students who wants to study in Malaysia this year, said chief executive officer Mohd Radzlan Jalaludin.

He said the target is based on the trend of applications received over the past two years, which was 30,000 applications in 2020 and 40,000 in 2021.

“The targets set take into account the COVID-19 post-pandemic factors and the recovery period, although the number that had been achieved before this is higher (which is) is up to 70,000 applications,” he said to the media at a breaking of fast ceremony with the West Javavanese education community, here, last night.

Also present were director of Education Malaysia Indonesia, Assoc Prof Dr Mior Haris Mior Harun, and regional manager (marketing communications and branding) of EMGS , Megat Mohd Samsul Megat Ismail.

Mohd Radzlan also predicted that 10,000 applications will be received from Indonesia this year in line with the 10-percent increase in student enrollment from the country over the past few years.

There are 170,000 foreign students from 162 countries continuing their studies in Malaysia, and 10,000 of them are from Indonesia. Programmes that have been arranged by EMGS in Indonesia include collaborating with parent-teacher associations, participating in international education fairs, and bringing in Malaysian universities to the fairs.

Mohd Radzlan said his party is committed to continue supporting the government's aspiration to reach 250,000 international students by 2025.

-- BERNAMA