The Edge: Wasted Potential: The Economic Case for Educating Non-citizen Children Born in Ageing Malaysia," highlights the significant economic costs of excluding non-citizen children in Malaysia from formal education. With Malaysia facing an ageing population and declining birth rates, Amjad Rabi and Norma Mansor argue that ensuring a skilled workforce is crucial for future economic growth. The current policy, which denies formal education to hundreds of thousands of non-citizen children born in the country, is presented as a barrier to this goal. The article estimates that this educational deprivation could lead to an economic loss ranging from RM87.85 billion to RM208.20 billion, representing 4%–9.49% of Malaysia's GDP in 2025. Read more at