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Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email The school may have had good intentions, but to have students to do it during Moral Education, while the muslim students go for religious classes sent the wrong signal to the parents. In this time of heightened sensitivities and tension, the school should have done this toilet-cleaning activity in a better way, maybe on Saturday or Sunday…with parents and all. » Read more: Cleaning toilet during Moral class
| Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email The MUET results which came out last Thursday shows that less than 50% of the students are adept in English (Band 3 – Modest User, minimum 140/300 marks). Bearing in mind that this is an optional paper, this results does not look good. » Read more: MUET result shows lack of fluency
| Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Ong: 55,000 Indians benefited from PTPTN
MORE than 50,000 Indian students have benefited from the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN), Malaysia Nanban reported.
Deputy Minister of Higher Education Ministry Datuk Ong Tee Kiat said 55,055 Indian students have borrowed from the fund.
He said that the amount given to the Indian students represented 6.4% of total loans given.
He added that the Hope Foundation was established last January to help students who had failed to gain places in government universities by getting them places in, and funds for, private universities.
Ong said the foundation had made arrangements with 11 private universities to provide places for such students. The students were allowed to choose the university and degree.
He said that last year about 280 students managed to get places through the foundation, of which 17 were Indian students.
| Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email This is easier said that done. Some may claim why limit to one out of 10 grants. Others will claim that MARA (and its programs) is specifically for Malays, and other channels exists for the second class citizens. Then, if ever this proposal succeeds, how to ensure that the right candidate is given, instead of one who greases few palms along the way or is a crony of some leaders.
| Include Indians for entrepreneur grants |
| P Sivakumar | Jan 18, 08 2:24pm |
| The Malaysian Indian Business Association (Miba) would like to urge the Yayasan Strategik Sosial (YSS) – the social welfare arm of the MIC – to request the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative Ministry to include Indians in its drive to increase entrepreneurs through Giat Mara (a Mara non-profit subsidiary which provides technical and vocational training skills).
Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said on Monday that the government had identified Pahang, Kelantan, Penang, Perak and Kedah as beneficiaries to for a RM10 million allocation aimed at creating at least 200 small-scale bumiputera entrepreneurs. The grants are for between RM30,000 and RM35,000. YSS has been championing the cause of Indian youths under the Giat Mara scheme for some time. Miba is aware that a special allocation for Indians from the National Entrepreneurship Institute through the YSS to provide half-day seminars on Entrepreneur Development Programmes (EDP) is underway. However, these seminars will only impart an introduction to business knowledge. The real help needed for Indians to gain and progress in business can only be met with a practical approach by grants being extended to Indians not unlike the ones being offered to bumiputeras. Indian Malaysians have recently expressed great frustration and have urged the government to treat them equally in every respect. They want to be included in government initiations for economic progress. In line with this, Miba urges YSS and MIC to appeal to the minister to give Indians at least one grant for every 10 extended to bumiputeras. This will help the Indians to catch up with the other races besides being fair play. Why not? Aren’t the Indians paying taxes and fines? The writer is president, Miba. |
| Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email After about 3 weeks of preparing for Back to School 2008, the organisers descended on SJKT Bukit Darah and SJKT Ladang Sungai Buloh, Bukit Rotan for the handing over of bags and uniform to the students. The trip to Bukit Darah was on 6th January while Bukit Rotan trip took place on 1oth January.
The project expanded from 76 students to 92 students including the kids from the single parent families that UMIC is helping.
Photos from the trip to the two schools are available at the moment, while photos from the visit to SJKT Ladang Bradwall, Siliau, Seremban haven’t reached me yet.
More details of the project is at the website.
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