Biasiswa JPA digantung sebab kerajaan dah takde duit untuk pendidikan

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Putrajaya has suspended the Public Service Department (JPA) Scholarships for degree courses and the Education Ministry's bursary for pre-university programmes amid falling national revenue.

According to Sin Chew Daily, this was confirmed by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Wee Ka Siong who raised the issue at the cabinet meeting today following several complaints from high-achieving students.

Wee said he had asked the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to rethink and reinstate the scholarship.

"The prime minister understands that the economy is not good at the moment and the people are facing heavy burden so he has instructed the chief secretary to the government and JPA to come up with a new solution.

"I can't say for certain if there will be a change of decision but we (MCA) have tried our best to appeal the matter because we don't know how the economic situation will develop," Wee was quoted as saying by the Chinese language daily.

The suspension applies to both overseas and local scholarships and affects some 700 placements this year.

Urgent resolution

Wee urged for an urgent resolution to the matter as some university commence their intake as early as Feb 1.

He added that Najib had asked the chief secretary and JPA to submit a report to the cabinet next week with their proposal.

The Sin Chew report also pointed out that some students have questioned why the JPA scholarships were suspended, but not Mara scholarships.

However, Wee declined to respond to this claims, citing that he had not heard them personally.

Asked if the suspension of the JPA scholarships was linked to the planned budget revision on Jan 28, Wee said he did not know.

A check with JPA's website found the "bursary e-filing system" link which is used by students to apply for the scholarships, have also been removed.

Putrajaya is struggling with shrinking revenue as the Brent crude oil price has fallen to a 12-year low, settling at US$27.78 per barrel.

This is in contrast to a high of US$114.81 per barrel in 2014.

Najib has announced that the 2016 budget will be revised to adust for falling revenue and will see government expenditures optimised.



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budget permata maintain, budget jalan2 pergi dubai dan hawaii maintain, budget scholarship kensel....
hidop bijan!!! hidop ameno!!

kipaslaju00

Mara pun sama. Parents tgh bising tu.

insulin

Rasa risau dgn nasib adik2 aku pada masa hadapan nanti.

nour2001

Ambik 1 billion yg diperuntukkan Kat jakim allocate Kat pendidikan...

fezy

ke diorg buat mcm 97-98 dulu? biasiswa tarak. pinjaman boleh ubah, ada je.

bit

Ambik bajet pmo, permata, jakim semua bg kat student lagi berpaedah dari bg kat hantu buaya menghabiskan beras.

epis

aduihh... cam makin teruk je keadaan ni, huhu...

MeghanK

kesian kat bebudak yang nak belajar..nasib baik zaman i dah berlalu

belon

Duit gst tu bagi la kat budak budak.. Rakyat msia ni terlalu baik sebab tu kerajaan buat cam ni

lee_sakura

takziah to malaysia...

mujer_in_espejo

Mmg terasa bahagian pendidikan ni dek ekonomi. Kat sekolah, semua aktiviti murid kena catu.. kdg2 pertandingan smpi pringkat zon dan negeri je. Kebangsaan xde. So sampai takat tu je la pencapaian murid. Padahal murid berpotensi pegi lebih jauh. Sampai hati kerajaan gadaikan masa depan anak2 Malaysia semata mata untuk cover benda lain yg bukan utk kemajuan negara. Anak2 ni la aset, pelaburan masa depan.

EJALTI

Obvious sgt dah kurang duit untuk pendidikan....

Duit somping bagai, sentiasa ada plak...

hanakikan

Ptptn kan hadoooooo. Apa nak risauu..

lostnfaun

Kalau tgk tv3, utusan seolah2 mcm takde apa2 jer kan... Ekonomi malaysia masih stabil kata najib...

Hakikatnya bl kita kat dkt dgn org pendidikan, O&G baru tau realiti sebenar camne

sukacactus

Gang diaorg ok la
Reta 7 keturunan pun xabis
skolah pun kat oversea
Sampai ati buat kat rakyat camni ish3

delawang

Dengan Mara .. dengan Jpa..sama saja

MarryPottet

duit gst pergi mana?
potong je gaji n elaun barisan kabinet yg good for nothing tu semua n guna utk biaya biasiswa

p/s menjunjung kasih buat penggundi 47% yg gigih menggundi parti cap dacing terutamanya penggundi parlimen pekan . hanya Allah sajalah yg dapat membalasnya

revolusi_30

La xda duit ke....bukan hari tu baru beli Airbus utk militer.  ... lol

putehh

Pastu camne erk kt student yg xmampu? Adik aku salah satu scholorship jpa ni..

freebird

kebanyakan puak2 47% ni tak kisah pun benda2 camni....anak2 mereka pun kebanyakkannya belajar sampai tahap pmr je....