SEGAMAT: Many students from underprivileged households have managed to enter universities beneath the federal government’s Jelajah Pendidikan Keluarga Malaysia initiative, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The Prime Minister mentioned that the programme, which was beforehand often known as Jelajah Pendidikan Bumiputra, which began in 2016, had confirmed helpful to students and was introduced again this yr.
‘‘The initiative was halted after Barisan Nasional fell and Pakatan Harapan took over the government.
‘‘Then Covid-19 happened and Barisan returned to power. ‘This year we are restarting this programme,’’ he mentioned at an occasion right here on Sunday (March 6).
Since 2016, Ismail Sabri mentioned a complete of 160,374 students have managed to enter private and non-private universities, together with vocational coaching establishments beneath the programme.
‘‘The programme aims to give a second chance to students who did not secure a place in public higher education institutions.’’
Ismail Sabri mentioned the students got a proposal letter on the spot following an admissions evaluation assessment and laptop check after they utilized via the Central University Admission Unit (UPU) – a centralised platform that manages public tertiary establishment purposes in Malaysia.
‘‘This year, we are targeting 50,000 applications,’’ he mentioned, including {that a} roadshow selling the programme was underway at 50 areas specializing in 90 parliamentary constituencies.
With 401,000 and 470,000 students sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, Ismail Sabri mentioned the brand new purposes for this yr would come largely from these students.
He additionally referred to as on any private and non-private businesses, together with foundations, to assist students from hardcore poor households obtain greater education.
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