Address Problems In Distribution Of Scholarships Immediately

KUALA LUMPUR - MIC Youth Chief T. Mohan said that come May every year, it had become routine for numerous complaints over the manner of distribution of Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) scholarships.In his statement to Malaysian Mirror on Friday, he said that MIC Youth had also received numerous telephone calls from irate parents and students who had not been offered the scholarships and described it as 'sickening' that some recipients who did not have the academic requirements were offered scholarships instead.

"One student who has 10As had applied for medicine but instead was given a scholarship for an agriculture course while another student who had 8A+ was offered a scholarship to do diploma in science. It has come to our knowledge that certain students who have only got 5A+ or lesser had been offered scholarships to do medicine." he said.Describing this situation as unfair, MIC Youth wants the government to take immediate measures to address this problems as soon as possible."We are disappointed that this issue keeps recurring although it has been raised many times with the Cabinet and in the Parliament."

Mohan said that this has resulted in the party having a difficult time in explaining to the public on the criteria and the award of JPA scholarship."We feel that JPA should be transparent and publish the full list of recipients as well as their results to ensure that there was fairness and justice in the distribution of the scholarships. This disclosure should be published in all the major newspapers in the country.""Access to tertiary education must be available to all Malaysians irrespective of race, colour or religion in line with the 1Malaysia concept propagated by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak." he said in his statement.



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