B40 students

A total of 10,506 students from the B40 group in Kedah have received educational assistance through the CSR programme of YPM throughout this year.

The response to the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia programme for B40 students is encouraging with 90,000 applications in the first phase.

K-KOMM has expanded the scope of eligibility for the PerantiSiswa tablet programme to four more categories of B40 students.

The MOHE has decided to continue the Food@Campus Keluarga Malaysia free food voucher initiative for B40 students at universities to blunt the impact of rising food costs.

Ismail Sabri said this was to motivate and encourage more students to pursue their tertiary studies in TVET.

The distribution of tablets to students from the B40 group studying at public and private institutions of higher learning through the PerantiSiswa initiative is expected to begin in July.

K-KOMM is ready to expand the provision of the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia device assistance to B40 students in educational institutions other than those under the MOHE.

Applications for Pakej PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia tablets for B40 students will open on April 15, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

Ismail Sabri today commended the MOHE initiative in introducing SULUNG which focuses on helping B40 students who are the first in the family to pursue higher studies.

Around 200,000 data plans and 4,000 devices have been distributed to students from the B40 group under the Data Plan and Device Packages Initiative to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) loans for B40 students taking diploma courses at Private Institutions of Higher Learning (IPTS) will be increased to RM8,000 per semester.

The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.

Malaysia's inflation rate for October 2024 has increased to 1.9 per cent, up from 1.8 per cent in September this year.

For the first time, Saudi Arabia is participating in the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition held recently in Zhuhai.

The coronation of Britain's King Charles cost taxpayers GBP72 million (US$90 million), official accounts have revealed.

A married couple and a man were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with trafficking 51.974 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine.

The police may seek new testimony from existing witnesses for additional insights into the investigation of Teoh Beng Hock's death.

Thailand's Constitutional Court rejects a petition seeking to stop Thaksin Shinawatra from interfering in the running the Pheu Thai party.

The State Assemblyman for Sungai Bakap, Abidin Ismail, was sworn in today at the State Assembly building, Lebuh Light.

A cadet officer at UPNM pleaded not guilty to a charge of injuring his junior by stomping on the victim's stomach with spike boots.

The indictment was unsealed on Nov. 20, prompting a $27 billion plunge in Adani Group companies' market value.