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Easing the burden of student loans

The state government, through Yayasan Sarawak (Sarawak Foundation), allocated an initial amount of RM32.68 million in 2020 in order to help Sarawakian students repay their loans. Since then, this initiative has benefited a total of 9,899 students who have repaid at least 30 per cent of their loans in 2020. The occasion was marked on […]

State to continue PTPTN repayment assistance

SIBU: Assistant Minister of Public Health, Housing and Local Government II, Michael Tiang Ming Tee, said the state government would continue to help Sarawak students repay their National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans. Speaking during a courtesy call on Yayasan Sarawak Director Mersal Abang Rosli in Kuching on Tuesday (Feb 8), he said the […]

Over 500k PTPTN borrowers never repaid loans

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 539,284 National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) borrowers have never paid back their loans as at Sept 30, according to the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE). It said in a reply posted on the Parliament website today that they were among 2,424,009 borrowers who had completed their studies and were supposed to repay their […]

PTPTN borrowers can apply to defer loan repayments from today

KUALA LUMPUR: Borrowers of the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) affected by floods wishing to defer their loan repayments can do so via PTPTN’s official portal, at http://www.ptptn.gov.my/PenangguhanKhasBayaranBalik from today (Jan 20) until March 31. No supporting documents are needed when making the application, PTPTN said in a statement here today. “The moratorium will […]

Eligible PTPTN borrowers can apply for extension of repayment period from Tuesday

KUALA LUMPUR: Applications for extending the repayment period for National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans can be made from Tuesday (Jan 5) until March 31, 2021. PTPTN chief executive officer Ahmad Dasuki Abdul Majid said eligible borrowers can do so via PTPTN’s official portal, at www.ptptn.gov.my/PelanjutanBayaranBalikCovid19. No supporting documents are needed when making the […]