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Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email BETWEEN 2004 and 2007, a total of 6,084 Malaysian students were offered full scholarships by the Public Service Department to pursue their studies abroad, said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He said 4,540 students were Bumiputeras and 1,544 students were non-Bumiputeras. Abdullah said 23,038 students were offered scholarships by the department to pursue their studies locally. Of this total, 20,096 were Bumiputeras and 2,942 students were non-Bumiputera.
Scholarship for Foreign studies:
Normal Malaysians (aka the rest of us) – 1544/6084 = 25.38%
Privileged Ones – 4540/6084 = 74.62%
Scholarship for Local studies:
Normal Malaysians (aka the rest of us) – 2942/23038 = 12.77%
Privileged Ones – 20096/23038 = 87.23%
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