Published: Friday March 27, 2009 MYT 4:25:00 PM
200 PSD scholarships for Sabah, S’wak bumiputra
KOTA KINABALU: The federal government is allocating 10 percent or 200 Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships for Sabah and Sarawak bumiputra Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) school leavers beginning this year.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said Friday that this was made after taking into account the academic achievements of bumiputra students in both states.
"Presently, there are many more rural schools in Sabah and Sarawak which do not have the necessary facilities and this affects the students' academic performance.
"That is why the federal government gives special attention to Sabah and Sarawak bumiputra students, where each state will be allocated 100 PSD scholarships," he told reporters at the excellent award presentation to bright students at SM Shan Tao here.
Dompok said that under the new PSD scholarship scheme, 20 percent or 400 of the 2,000 scholarships offered this year were for excellent students and 60 per cent or 1,200 scholarships were for bumiputra and non-bumiputra SPM leavers nationwide. He said the remaining 10 percent were for disabled students who excelled in their studies.
Earlier in his speech, Dompok said he was in favour of English being used to teach Mathematics and Science because most of the references and information, including in the Internet, on the two subjects were in English.
"The use of English in the teaching of the two subjects will not affect our proficiency in Bahasa Malaysia.
In fact, it helps us to communicate better, especially when attending programmes at international level," he added. - Bernama
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