Sunday, 14 Feb 2021 07:38 PM MYT
The Ministry of Higher Education has contacted several universities whose students are allegedly involved in the ‘sugar baby’ activities.
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PUTRAJAYA, Feb 14 The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) has contacted several universities whose students are allegedly involved in the “sugar baby” activities, to obtain information on the validity of data that has been published in several media.
Its director-general Prof Datuk Husaini Omar said the ministry took seriously the revelations made by
The Star Online on the “student programme” website and Facebook reports about the sharp increase in the number of university students involved in these activities.
PETALING JAYA: The Higher Education Ministry says it will investigate claims of undergraduates in public and private universities who are sugar babies .
Higher Education director-general Datuk Dr Husaini Omar said the ministry views the matter seriously over the rise of students allegedly providing services as sugar babies.
(A sugar baby is usually a younger person who has a relationship with an older wealthier person for financial assistance in a mutual agreement.)
Husaini said the ministry had contacted various universities mentioned in the reports to verify the facts. The Higher Education Ministry views seriously on claims about student programme websites and a report in Facebook on the drastic increase of university undergraduates who are sugar babies.
PETALING JAYA: Reports in various online portals claiming that students from Malaysia’s top public and private universities are "sugar babies" are disappointing, says Prof Dr Elizabeth Lee.
GROWING up in the small town of Pusing in rural Perak, Sunway Group chairman Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah had many childhood friends whose futures were bleak because they could not afford schooling.
“The poverty and hardships that surrounded me formed my conviction that education provides the best route out of poverty and misery,” says Cheah in an interview with The Edge.
Those early impressions prompted him to set up the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation (JCF), which aims “to create a better, sustainable future for all Malaysians, particularly through quality education and research”.
The foundation completed its first decade last year, having awarded close to RM540 million in scholarships and grants.