The Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)’s development plan and efforts to produce graduates to handle challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be hampered if the 2021 Budget allocation to the institution is halved.

UiTM’s Centre for Media and Information Warfare Studies director Prof Datuk Dr Ismail Sualman said that as the largest institution in Malaysia, with 35 campuses and more than 100,000 students nationwide, it requires a large allocation to balance student quotas and campus needs.