Spotlight on some who got government scholarships
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Subra: Scholarship should be based on academic performance
Subra: Give scholarship based on academic performance
The main criterion for academic scholarships should be based on scholastic results and not subjective terms like interview performance and students’ participation in extra curricular activities (ECA), said Datuk S. Subramaniam.
The president of Nesa Multipurpose Cooperative Society (Nesa) said the criteria, apart from academic excellence, should be abolished.
“No matter [...]
Tajudin Abdul Rahman wants 80% of scholarships for bumiputra
MP: Help non-bumis but don’t mess with quota
THE Government should help non-bumiputra students, who achieved academic excellence but not at the expense of jeopardising scholarships awarded to bumiputras, said Datuk Tajudin Abdul Rahman (BN - Pasir Salak).
“By all means, we help them but not at the expense of bumiputra students. I do not agree [...]
PSD scholarship selection should be transparent, get more funds by scrapping National Service
FOUR students from Selangor and Johor who scored straight As in the SPM recently brought their complaint of not getting government scholarship to Parliament. They represent only a small part of the many disappointed students who bring up similar complaints every year.
At a press conference in Parliament lobby, Balik Pulau MP Yusmadi Yusof said: [...]
Top student cries for justice
THERE has been much hue and cry over the selection of Public Services Department scholars annually. This year was no exception. Parents cry foul and unsuccessful applicants who have excelled in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia are broken. No amount of coaxing and explanation can placate the devastated child. High achievers are demoralised and quickly [...]
Subra: Public Service Department should give all top scorers scholarships and give clear explanation to public on selection criteria
All students who score 10A1s and above in the SPM examination should automatically be offered PSD scholarships,
MIC secretary-general Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said.
He said yesterday that this would ensure that all students, regardless of race and background, were appropriately awarded for their academic efforts and not sidelined from the scholarship.
Dr Subramaniam, who is also Human [...]
Discrimination and lack of transparency in the Malaysian legal exam
.. From the little that has been revealed about the new qualifying exam, passing the CBE or ABC or XYZ, whatever you want to call it, still remains a matter for the subjective discretion of a panel of examiners.
The main grouse with the CLP exam is the lack of transparency in marking papers, as indicated [...]
Malaysia’s Public Services Department rejects another 10A1 student
I AM an SPM 2007 school leaver and it grieves me that having achieved 10A1s has got me nowhere in my homeland.
I was rejected by the Public Services Department (PSD), Public Institutes of Higher Learning (IPTA) and matriculation programmes, while Petronas, Bank Negara and the Telekom Malaysia Foundation did not even call me for [...]
Only 34 Indian students got Public Service Department scholarships, 46 students with at least 10 A1s fail to get scholarship
The MIC today expressed dissatisfaction over the low percentage of Public Service Department (PSD) overseas scholarships allocated for Indian students and hopes the government will increase the number, party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said.
He said this year only 34 Indian students had been successful in their application.The party received 194 appeals, some [...]
No PSD scholarship even for girl with 10A1s
K. Kamine Devi was shocked that the Public Services Department (PSD) had turned down her application to study medicine overseas despite her having scored 10A1s in last year’s SPM.
This after the PSD had issued a statement recently guaranteeing scholarships for students who scored 9As in their SPM.
What was worse was that her application for [...]
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