To prepare students for life in today's highly technical society, their science and mathematical knowledge must include and go far beyond knowledge in the simple skills of counting, computing, putting numbers into formulas, and even solving equations scientifically. As momentum for change in Malaysian education continues to grow, questions about the nature and goals of mathematics, science, and technology education take on increasing urgency. The Malaysian government is also targeting a ratio of 60:40 science to non-science students in secondary schools and universities. Thus, the University of Malaya, BP, and the Ministry of Education have been supporting a student-mentoring programme hoping to make this goal a reality. This paper presents the role of the mentor-mentee, mentoring and tutoring scheme, and the effectiveness of mentor schemes on the Malaysian mentoring programme.