COMMENT Since the publication of my scholarships offer to help students whose parents are earning less than RM4,000 per month a few days ago, my wife has received more than 50 applications for financial help and most of the applicants want to pursue a medical degree (which has the highest cost).

The sole purpose of writing this article is to help inform students who wish to study medicine, not to apply for my financial assistance. There are 40 medical colleges and about 500 university and colleges in Malaysia - all of them are lowering their entry requirements to compete for more students.

The tuition fee for a medical degree in Malaysia ranges between RM250,000 to RM1 million.