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	Launched the Education Blueprint 2006-2010 and the Higher Education Strategic Plan to raise education standards Expanded Skim Pinjaman Buku Teks to all primary and secondary school children Removed school and examination fees Allocated RM3 billion for scholarships and essential items to lower-income group students Provided RM12 billion to improve rural schools Raised special allowance for 12,000 teachers and teaching assistants serving in rural areas Allocated RM174 million for fully-aided Chinese primary schools and RM65 million for fully-aided Tamil primary schools under the 9th Malaysia Plan Allocated RM100 million for partially-aided Chinese and Tamil primary schools under 9th Malaysia Plan Ensured at least one public university or one UiTM branch in every state Expanded community colleges from 34 to 53, doubling enrolment to over 115,000 Increased number of JPA undergraduate scholarships at local universities from 5,000 to 10,000 annually; raised allowance for JPA students in overseas universities Raised investment in science R&D, including sending the first Malaysian into space     Raise teachers’ minimum qualifications and provide more training opportunities Continue to make national schools the school of choice by, among others, expanding the teaching of Mandarin and Tamil Safeguard the position of national-type schools Enhance national unity by fostering student interaction Provide more scholarships at the undergraduate level for poor but deserving students regardless of race Identify apex universities and provide more autonomy and resources for public institutions of higher learning to attain world-class standards Raise investment in science and technology particularly in indigenous R&D   In the News India’s Blair university to be set up in Perak More PSD scholarships More schools for Selangor Malaysia, a learning experience all round