Ringgit’s plunge shatters Malaysian students’ US, UK dreams

By A. Ruban. Local students are being forced to give up on plans to study in the US and UK due to the spike in costs caused by the ringgit’s sharp devaluation, according to placement centres here. 
Prior to the plunge in the value of the Malaysian currency, both countries had been the preferred destinations for local students continuing their tertiary education abroad, but continuing to do so now meant paying an average of RM70,000 more for a course in US. More...