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  "id": 12824363,
  "title": "General : Govt To Cover Half Of Public Servantsâ Masterâs, PHD Costs Under APEL.Q - PSD DG",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/general-govt-to-cover-half-of-public-servantsa-mastera-s-phd-costs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T06:35:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2617106"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "BACHOK, Oct 8 (Bernama) -- The government will cover half the cost of study for public servants pursuing Master’s and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) through the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning for Qualification (APEL.Q) programme.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Govt to cover half of civil servants’ master’s, PhD costs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/govt-to-cover-half-of-civil-servants-masters-phd-costs",
        "published": "2026-10-08T07:59:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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