PUTRAJAYA: A student group up in arms over the RM4,000 “special fee” imposed on those who wish to transfer from the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology to other faculties at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia says the education minister has instructed the university to allow the move without applying the charge.
“At the meeting just now, Maszlee also warned UTM not to burden the students as he felt they have been mishandled by UTM,” he said. MJIIT was established by the Malaysian and Japanese governments in 2010, in line with the Look East Policy introduced by Dr Mahathir Mohamad during his first stint as prime minister.Sharan said previously, UTM had not allowed students who could not afford the RM4,000 fee to change to other faculties.