No plan to forgive 50% PTPTN debt, Dewan Negara told

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 16 Dec 2019 11:25PM · 1 Comments

THE Education Ministry does not plan to forgive 50% of the debt owed by National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) borrowers.

Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching said the government would have to spend RM29 billion – half of the total loans given out – if it proceeded with the move.

“The amount is equivalent to the total allocation to sponsor 1.2 million new borrowers until the completion of their studies.

“The ministry must focus on comprehensively improving the management of the loans,” she said when winding up the 2020 Supply Bill for her ministry in the Dewan Negara tonight.

On Orang Asli education, she said there were 133 candidates from the community vying for places at the Institute of Teachers’ Education Malaysia.

Only 25 were accepted after taking into account the results of the Teacher Candidate Qualification Test and current education needs, she said.

“The ministry will continue to ensure that certain students, such as Orang Asli and Penan, have the chance to obtain a quality education.” – Bernama, December 16, 2019.

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  • Ministry offer quality education, can orang asli cope up to the standard and acquire good results to enter U or teacher training college? Previledge education with extra incentive and teaching or tuition effort must be provided to them. When Malays are given easier entrance level to U for decades, the orang asli must also be given even easier entrance requirement to local U. Islam is known to be fair and protect the less fortunate community. The Malay should extend better previledge to orang asli voluntarily to confirm to islamic teaching. Not everything goes to Malay previledge, it makes people feel sick and think that Malays are so useless, which is not true.

    Posted 4 years ago by James Wong · Reply