By Tan Dawn Wei

STUDENTS will continue to top Malay self-help group Mendaki's priority list as it prepares to spend more on keeping kids in school.

Last year, its expenditure on education and youth was $7 million, up from $6 million the year before, with more getting help with tuition, subsidies and scholarships.

And the cost will go up, with applications for its various education programmes for the first five months of this year already exceeding all of last year's.

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