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Analysis traces demographic shifts back to the 1990s and highlights how migration and preferences can leave schools under capacity, generating ongoing operational costs despite low student numbers. Proposed responses include comprehensive school audits, consolidation with transport support, building dormitories, and redesigning school size and location models to reduce long-term financial strain.","SEKTOR DOKUMENTASI PENDIDIKAN  \nBPPDP,Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia  \nAras SB-4,Blok E8,Kompleks E,  \nPusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan  \n62604 Putrajaya.  \nTel :03-88846425  \nFaks:03-88846284                    \nTARIKH:3 FEBRUARI 2026 (SELASA)  \nUTUSAN M’SIA  \nTHE STAR  \nSINAR HARIAN  \nBERITA HARIAN  \nN.STRAITS TIMES  \n# MIGRATION AFFECTING ENROLMENT'\n\nMore people moving to cities why some  \nschools have few students,say experts  \nZAF SERAJ  \nKUALA LUMPUR  \nunder-enrolled,said experts.  \nIIniversiti KebangsaanMalaysia's(UKM)Institute for In-clusive Development and Ad-vancement of Malaysia deputydirector Dr Anuar Ahmad saidthis demographic shift datedback to the 1990s.  \n\"The main reason some schoolshave seen a decline in students ismigration.Students have movedfrom rural schools to urbanschools.  \n\"In the past,parents lived andworked in villages,plantationsand estates.In the next gener-ation,they moved to cities,start-ed families there and their chil-  \n“Some parents chose schools inlarger cities as they offer betterfacilities,\"said Hasnah.  \nAnuar added that the problemwas not confined to rural schools,adding that many urban schools—particularly those over 40years old—were also experienc-ing falling enrolment due to age-  \ndren attended urban schools,\"hetold the New Straits Times.  \nAnuar was commenting on  \nDeputy Education Minister Wong  \nKah Woh's revelation  \ning infrastructure.  \non Sunday that there  \n\"In urban areas,the  \nwere 3,164 schools inthe country with few-  \nissue is not migration,  \nbut parental choice.  \ner than 150 students.  \n\"Parents tend to en-  \nUKM's Centre for  \nrol their children in  \nEducation and Com-  \nschools a few kilome-  \nmunity Well-Being  \ntres away from home  \nchairman Associate  \nor newer schools with  \nProfessor Dr Hasnah  \nbetter facilities and  \nToran said declining  \nmodern infrastruc-  \nbirth rates in formerlydensely populated ar-  \nture.”  \nHe said under-en-  \neas might also have  \nrolment had seriouscost implications and  \ncontributed to the sit-  \nuation.  \nraised concerns about  \nBoth said parental  \nDr Anuar Ahmad  \ninefficient resource  \npreference played a  \nallocation.  \nrole in some cases,with somefamilies opting for schools per-ceived to offer better facilitiesrather than older institutions.  \n\"Imagine a school with only 50or 30 students,yet operationalcosts must still be covered.  \n\"Teachers,headmasters,senior  \nassistants,electricity,water andmaintenance—all these costs re-main,\"he said.  \nHasnah said the governmentshould carry out a comprehen-sive audit on schools as the rea-sons for under-enrolled schoolsvaried.  \nShe added that school consol-  \nidation could be con-  \nsidered,provided ad-  \nequate transport ar-  \nrangements were put  \nin place.  \n\"Another option is  \nto build dormitories  \nin these consolidated  \nschools,\"she said.  \nAnuar proposed  \nbuilding smaller  \nschools located closer  \nto residential areas.  \nHe said Malaysia  \nneeded to study edu-  \ncation models in de-  \nveloped countries  \nthat prioritised mod-  \nestly sized schools over largecampuses.  \n\"In developed countries,schools typically have a capacity  \nof 300 to 400 students.  \n\"If such a school faces under-enrolment,the financial and operational strain is far less than ina large school operating at a frac-tion of its capacity,\"he said.  \nHe also advised policymakersto reconsider the practice ofbuilding schools with a capacity  \nof more than 1,000  \nstudents.  \n\"Schools of the fu-  \nture need not be mas-sive.Perhaps a capac-  \nity of 500 students per  \nschool,within a 2kmradius of neighbour-  \nhoods.  \n\"This way,parents  \ndo not have to travel  \nfar,and children can  \neven walk to school,”  \nhe said.  \nAnuar said without  \nAssociate Professor  \na strategic shift,the  \nDr Hasnah Toran  \ncycle would continue,  \nwith today's town-  \nships eventually becoming un-der-enrolled areas as populationpatterns evolved over the nexttwo to three decades.","cbCaijPRCZDxeX7D","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijPRCZDxeX7D","pdf",1572668,5,1,"English","en",105,"# MIGRATION AFFECTING ENROLMENT\n## Causes of low enrolment\n## Policy responses and solutions","[{\"question\":\"What are the main reasons some schools have few students?\",\"answer\":\"Experts point to migration that shifts populations from rural areas to cities, along with parental preference for schools with better facilities. 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