Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the Education Ministry will amend its policy to allow students from non-government schools to sit only for Malay and History papers for SPM, with those who obtain credit in Malay and pass in History becoming eligible to apply for admission to public universities.

Speaking at the handover ceremony for this year’s allocation to Chinese independent high schools at Pay Fong High School in Malacca today, Loke said the cabinet had clarified at its meeting yesterday that any student who meets these requirements would qualify to apply to public universities...