National Scholarship holders do pre-U locally

Dear Esplendorians,

Please visit this website for ALL scholarship queries = http://www.eduhelp.my/.

Meantime, this was the excerpt from the website following the announcement of the National Scholarship awards for year 2012 :

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"THEIR hard work has paid off as 50 of the country’s top scholars who scored A+’s in all subjects in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2011 qualified to join in the prestigious National Scholarship Programme.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin who announced this, said the students would be sponsored from pre-university to undergraduate level in the fields of their choice in local and foreign universities recognised by the Government.

“The Government has increased the number of National Scholarship Programme recipients to 50 this year from 30 the previous year due to the improvement in last year’s SPM results.

“This will give more opportunities to top students to further their studies at some of the world’s most renowned universities,” he said in his speech before presenting the offer letters to the recipients on Thursday.

Muhyiddin, who is also the Education Minister, said the selection for the National Scholarship Programme was based on academic merit.

The first batch of the National Scholarship Programme was given to 30 of the country’s top performing students in 2010.

In 2011, another 30 students became recipients.

Muhyiddin said the Government has allocated RM2.12bil through the Public Service Department (PSD) this year to sponsor top performing students to pursue their first degrees in local and international institutions.

The PSD in a statement on Thursday, said the Government had decided to increase the number of scholarships to 50 this year.

These students are the country’s top students who obtained all A+’s in the SPM last year.

It said the 50 would be placed at various preparation centres in the country.

“They must meet the levels of excellence set to qualify to continue their studies overseas,” it said."

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