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Govt seeks formula to address Orang Asli school dropout issue
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said education for the Orang Asli community was one of the government's main focuses, particularly finding solutions to the students dropping out of secondary school issue.
Describing education as a path for them to change the fate of their family, he said that the government had so far provided various initiatives to further facilitate access to education for Orang Asli children at all levels of education.
This, he said, included establishing kindergartens and primary schools located close to the Orang Asli settlements, such that...
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