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This research aimed to demonstrate the development of planning of higher education in Malaysia in terms of policy and budget. The education in Malaysia has gone through a drastic revolution since the beginning. Education is one of the most important aspects in a country. Education can change the country to a better level in terms of economic, cultural, political, and social improvement and then change human life from bad to better. Education is also an important foundation for every individual to live their daily lives and be successful in life. The development of policy and budget in education has its own history. In this study, a systematic literature review analysis has been conducted using PRISMA diagram. The data for this qualitative analysis has been extracted from Scopus database, Web of Science database and Google Scholar using five keywords given. The keywords are education, planning, policy, budget, and development. PRISMA diagram has been used to visually describe the reviewer's process for finding published data on the topic and how they decided to include it in the review. In conclusion, we can say that the higher education in Malaysia has gone through a better development or planning in terms of policy and budget. Not denying agreeing that there are many challenges and obstacles in improvising the higher education system in Malaysia as there are many aspects that need to be taken care of but Malaysia is doing a great job in enhancing the quality of education system in Malaysia.
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