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TABLE 4.3

Enrolment in Public Higher Education Institutions by Ethnicity, 2008

Race

Universities

Polytechnics

Community Colleges

Total

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Bumiputra

333,235

3 83.1 3 78.0

78,123

3 91.6 3 18.3

15,706

3 91.9 33

3.7

427,064

3 84.8100.0

Chinese

3 45,062

3 11.2 3 91.9

3 3,645

33

4.3

33

7.4

85,

323

33

1.9

33

0.7

3 49,030

33

9.7

100.0

Indian

3 10,901

33

2.7

3 76.5

3 2,678

33

3.1

3 18.8

85,

675

33

4.0

33

4.7

3 14,254

33

2.8

100.0

Other

3 11,975

33

3.0

3 90.8

85,

834

33

1.0

33

6.3

85,

378

33

2.2

33

2.9

3 13,187

33

2.6

100.0

Total

401,173

100.0 3 79.7

85,280

100.0 3 16.9

17,082

100.0 33

3.4

503,535

100.0100.0

Ministry of Higher Education – information provided in November 2009, World Bank 2011.