Sarawak allocates RM30 mln to help students pay PTPTN loan 05 Mar 2021 / 15:33 H.
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has allocated RM30 million to assist its students to repay their education loan with the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN), making it the only state with such an initiative.
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg (
pix) said he had listened to the students’ hardship during a dialogue session with Sarawakian students in peninsular Malaysia at the ‘Lan Berambeh Anak Sarawak’ programme in Kuala Lumpur in October 2019.
“Based on the dialogue, I have allocated RM30 million in the last budget to help them repay the PTPTN loan,” he said in his remark during the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Exchange Ceremony between Yayasan Sarawak and PTPTN at his office in Petra Jaya here, today.
Friday, 05 Mar 2021 03:25 PM MYT
Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg (centre) during the Mou exchange between Yayasan Sarawak and PTPTN at his office in Petra Jaya March 5, 2021. Bernama pic
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KUCHING, March 5 The Sarawak government has allocated RM30 million to assist its students to repay their education loan with the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN), making it the only state with such an initiative.
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said he had listened to the students’ hardship during a dialogue session with Sarawakian students in peninsular Malaysia at the ‘Lan Berambeh Anak Sarawak’ programme in Kuala Lumpur in October 2019.