PUTRAJAYA, 5 Okt (Bernama) -- Some 3,025 new trainees have been offered places in the pre-service programme at the Ministry of Health Malaysia Training Institutes (ILKKM) for the October 2026 intake.

In a statement today, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said 2,995 of the 3,025 offers were made through the Public Services Commission (SPA), while 30 were for statutory bodies, representing 90.7 per cent of its total quota of 3,335 places.

Of the total places offered, 2,961, or 97.9 per cent, were for 10 diploma-level programmes requiring three years of study, while the remaining 64 places, or 2.1 per cent, were for the two-year Dental Surgery Assistant Certificate programme, it said.

"The Diploma in Nursing programme has the highest intake quota for this session, with 1,818 candidates offered places,” the statement said.