A total of 4,225 candidates for the Class B Licence Transition Program have passed as of November this year.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that of the 5,477 candidates who sat for the transition programme, 23 per cent, or 1,251 candidates, failed in the testing process.
“As of November 27, 177 driving institutes (IMs) out of 245 IMs have been involved in offering this transition programme,” he said in response to a question from Senator Datuk Abdul Halim Suleiman on the ministry’s steps to ensure that driving licence centre operators receive and process applications that have been approved by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) for the programme.
Loke said his ministry and JPJ were constantly monitoring the implementation of the programme and action would be taken against any IM that had made a commitment to implementing the programme, but failed to process applications from the public.