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The Merits Of Meritocracy

Nahvin Muthusamy, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Royal Education Award winner

22-Nov-23 18:00

The Merits Of Meritocracy

Recently 23-year-old Nahvin Muthusamy went viral when he was presented with the Royal Education Award at his university, and gave a speech on the the need for an education system based on meritocracy. We speak to Nahvin about what pushed him to give this speech, and then opened up the conversation to our listeners.

Image Credit: Nahvin Muthusamy

Produced by: Wan Eizzul Islam

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  education

Tags:  education,  meritocracy,  quotas, 


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