FAIRVIEW International School, Kuala Lumpur (Fairview), is offering scholarships to SPM school-leavers to pursue an internationally-recognised teacher training programme. Interested applicants can apply online at
www.fairview.edu.my. Forms are also available at Fairview.

The closing date for applications is Nov 25. For details, e-mail
edmund@fairview.edu.my or call 03-4253 2233.

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Are you looking for scholarship/biasiswa to pursue your diploma or certificate at local polytechnic ? Since, scholarship for this category is very limited, you might want to try the scholarship offers by Kuok Foundation.

KUOK FOUNDATION BERHAD   invites applications from July intake students at Malaysian Public Polytechnics for the above awards.

Study grants of RM5,000 per annum each will be offered to successful candidates.

Conditions For Application

• Applicants must be Malaysian Citizens.
• Applicants must have SPM credits in at least 3 of the following subjects, Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mathematics, Science and one other relevant subject OR an overall grade of at least 2.8 and above in their latest Polytechnic results.
• Kuok Foundation Awards are for needy students only.
• Students who are already in receipt of other educational awards such as JPA loan, State loan etc. should not apply for the above awards.

 Procedure For Application
Application forms can be downloaded from here or obtained from the Student Affairs Department of the respective polytechnics from 14 July 2008.

Completed application forms must be returned to the Student Affairs Department of the respective Polytechnics not later than 28 July 2008. Late applications will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified for interview. Interviews will be conducted in September 2008 at the office of Kuok Foundation, Kuala Lumpur.

For more details, visit http://www.kuokfoundation.com

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In response to disgruntled high achievers who had their application for PSD scholarships under its Foreign Degree Programme rejected recently, the PSD Director-General Tan Sri Ismail Adam in an e-mail interview with Sunday Star said that they can’t actually offer to al but limited to 2,000 for overseas scholarship and another 10,000 for local.

This means irrespective of our straight As you still have to compete with other candidates especially those deserving ones.

Ismail, however, stressed that scholarships are a privilege provided by the government rather than a right, highlighting how the growing number of students obtaining straight As in their SPM over the years has made it tougher for the Government to select deserving recipients for PSD scholarships.

He also denied the allegations saying 1,100 scholarships for overseas study went to bumiputras and 900 to non-bumiputras this year.

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There has been a lot of talks on whether income should be taken into account for JPA Scholarships to study abroad. Today, family income below Rm5k would give the students 10 points, between RM5k and RM10k, would be 5 points and more than RM10k would be 0 point.

Some of the richer ones are arguing that this might be unfairly penalizing on them, whereas some others are saying that this is fair.

Chen Chow, who is currently working as Product Specialist at JobStreet.com penned down his thought about the issue. Find out more at his blog.

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Good news for 9As student in 2007 SPM. If you still searching for scholarship,PSD can help you.In the press release below you can get what they can offer to excellent and brilliant students like you all…

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PETALING JAYA: The Public Service Department (PSD) will offer scholarships to all students who scored 9As in their SPM examinations last year, regardless of background, to study Form Six in fully-aided schools.

Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Sidek Hassan said students who do matriculation, including those in Universiti Malaya’s Science Preparatory Centre and International Islamic University’s matriculation programme, would also be offered scholarships.

These students will also be sponsored for their first degree if they do it in a local university, he said in a statement yesterday.

Sidek said the PSD would also sponsor such students if they obtained places in an Ivy League or equivalent university.

Top-scoring students who get a place in a Malaysian branch of a foreign university such as Monash University, Nottingham University, Curtin University of Technology and Swinburne Unversity will also be offered scholarships.

On top of this, Sidek said the PSD would offer scholarships to 2,000 students for overseas studies and a further 10,000 for studies in local universities.

He said the scholarships were being offered in line with the Government’s efforts to develop human capital.

He said the Government was aware that the number of high achievers is growing every year. Yet, not every student would have a chance to get Government sponsorship.

“The Government realises that high achievers are assets.

“As such, it has introduced the initiative to increase the number of scholarships where students of any background will be offered as long as they satisfy the SPM 9A score condition,” he said.

The move, Sidek added, would indirectly encourage these high achievers to further their education in local universities.

Via : The Star

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