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Palestinian Solidarity Week: No issue with IPT students

KUCHING: Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has serious misgivings about involving students, especially the younger lot, in the Palestinian Solidarity Week. To the Minister of Youth, Sports, and Entrepreneur Development it would be inappropriate to do so given their tender age. “However, I see no issue with adults or those in higher education institutions […]

IPT students hope Menu Rahmah initiative will continue

IPOH: Many students at higher learning institutions (IPT) are hopeful that the government will continue to implement the Menu Rahmah initiative as it has been very helpful in reducing their financial burden. A student at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjung Malim, Mohamad Danial Ahmad Razmi, 23, shared that he now only spends RM10 per […]

IPG students not eligible for eBeliaRahmah initiative

Students from the Teachers Education Institute (IPG) are not eligible for the eBeliaRahmah initiative as they already receive a monthly living allowance of RM450, according to Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan. The Deputy Finance Minister clarified that the claim suggesting IPG students were excluded from receiving eBeliaRahmah benefits is untrue. “Unlike youth aged 18 to 20 […]

Tanjong Datu students receive incentives

LUNDU: Some 30 higher learning institutions (IPT) students as well as 52 outstanding students in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) for 2021 at Tanjong Datu constituency received incentives on Friday (Dec 16). Its assemblyman, Azizul Annuar Adenan stressed that the development of the constituency depended on the quality of […]

Vax exercise creates safe campus bubbles

KUALA LUMPUR: The Higher Education Institution (IPT) Student Vaccination Programme will enable the Covid-19 vaccination rate to be accelerated to form safe campus bubbles and achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus. National Student Consultative Council (MPPK) president Muhammad Amir Asyraf Mohd Sabri said under the programme, IPT students who have not been vaccinated can get […]

Students – except in Sarawak – allowed to go home

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 100,000 students of institutions of higher learning (IPT) who are currently on campus are allowed to return to their homes for the Aidilfitri holidays, except for those in Sarawak. The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) in a statement on Wednesday said that the matter was decided at a special meeting held […]

MoHE spends RM260.8m to assist IPT students

NIBONG TEBAL: The Higher Education Ministry (MoHE) has spent over RM260.8 million to assist students at higher education institutions (IPT) in the last 12 months since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country. Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Dr Mansor Othman said the assistance was provided through the implementation of several programmes to ensure that students […]

IPT students urged to apply for micro-credit under Siswapreneur programme to carry out business

ALOR GAJAH: Students of higher learning institutions (IPT) who carry out small businesses are encouraged to apply for micro-credit financing through an allocation of RM20 million under the KPT-MEDAC Siswapreneur programme launched early this year. Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (Medac) deputy minister Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin said so far only 14 applications had been received, […]

MOHE takes serious view of alleged sugar babies among IPT students

PUTRAJAYA: 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 Dr Husaini Omar said the ministry took seriously the revelations made by The Star Online […]