（1月24日）民青团总秘书刘华才博士赞赏最近由高等教育基金局主席拿督依斯迈莫哈默赛所宣布为贫困及弱势学生所提供的两千万令吉一个马来西亚贫困学生基金，并形容该举措为一项有意义的举措。
"高等教育基金局的这项举措是很好的，因为我们的社会中还有很多学生没有经济能力入读高等教育。政府在发展国家的同时，也有责任确保这不幸的一群不被边缘化。"
然而，刘华才博士欲知晓此基金的援助是以贷款、奖学金或助学金的形式颁发。因此，他希望有关本基金详细情形可于近期公布。
"这再次反映了教育是我国政府的首要关注事项，特别是教育部在政府的年度预算中是获得最大比例分配的。"
同时也是思特雅国际大学副教授的刘华才博士也询问有关获得该基金的标准和条件，因为无可否认地这两千万令吉的基金数额并不是一个庞大的数目。
"我认为政府应该拨出更多的资金以协助这群学生，特别是属于伤残人士的学生，因为毕竟他们在学习期间需支付更高的生活费用。而当他们毕业后，在偿还上也应作更大的灵活性调整，因为他们通常需要更多的时间才可成功找到工作。"
最后，他再次表示感激，并指出这是一项很好的举措，以确保全体马来西亚人民能够在教育上获得平等的机会。
Gerakan Youth welcomes RM 20 million BPM1M by PTPTN for poor students
Dominic Lau hopeful that it will give more opportunities to the unfortunate
Press statement by Gerakan Youth Secretary General
Dr Dominic Lau Hoe Chai
24 January 2013
Gerakan Youth Secretary General, Dr Dominic Lau Hoe Chai praised the recent proposal of PTPTN to provide RM 20 million in the 1Malaysia Poor Students Fund (BPM1M) for poor and underprivileged studentsannounced by PTPTN Chairman Datuk Ismail Mohamed Said as a noble move.
"This is a pleasant move by PTPTN as there are still many students that do not have the capability to afford a tertiary education. It is the government's job to ensure that this unfortunate group are not marginalised while developing the country."
Dr Dominic Lau however would like to know that whether this assistance will be in the form of a loan, scholarship or grant since the announcement was made. Therefore he hoped that details regarding this fund will be announced soon.
"This is another reflection that education is the government's top priority since the Ministry of Education received a large percentage in the government's yearly budget allocation."
Dr Dominic, also UCSI associate professor further questioned the criteria and condition to be eligible for the fund since it is an undeniable fact that RM 20 million is not a large amount.
"I also think that more money has to be provided to this group of students especially the handicapped ones since they would require more to pay for their living expenses during studying. Upon graduation, more flexibility should be given regarding repayment if it is one of the requirements since they usually need more time to secure a job."
He finally expressed his gratitude once more stating that this is a good step to ensure all Malaysians received equal opportunity in education.
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