There has been no serious initiative taken so far regarding the proposal to create a paid version of the Mara Junior Science College (MRSM), said Mara chairperson Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.

He said the proposal to create a paid MRSM for well-to-do groups was actually the wish of alumni members from the MRSM Malaysia Student Association (Ansara) which had been discussed since 2017.

“We haven’t taken any serious initiative because the main issue is how to fulfil the wishes of alumni members who now reach 220,000 people, with most of them from the T20 group who competed with the B40 group at MRSM,” he told reporters after attending the...