Selasa, 10 April 2012

PKR DUN 19 Kepayan P174 Penampang, Sabah.

PKR DUN 19 Kepayan P174 Penampang, Sabah.

PTPN will be abolished once PAKATAN RAKYAT forms the Government.

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 06:52 AM PDT

DR ROLAND CHIA,

PKR Supreme Council Member cum PKR Sabah Secretary Dr Roland Chia urged for the abolishment of PTPN loan that is currently imposed by the present BN government to students pursuing tertiary education.

Dr Roland Chia was making this call in view of numerous complaints from worrying and stressful students and parents who took the PTPTN now regret taking the loans. Firstly, they have to start paying back the PTPTN loans 6 months after graduation whether employed or not. If not they will be blacklisted and penalties will be imposed due to late payment.

Whilst another group of students especially from the inner most interior region of Sabah despite having offer letters to pursue tertiary education but unable to register due to additional administration costs imposed by the educational institution and also travelling costs i.e flight costs to travel from Sabah to Kuala Lumpur.

As far as PKR & Pakatan Rakyat is concern, PTPN loans will be scrapped once the Pakatan Rakyat is given the mandate to form the next federal government. In the state of Selangor the Pakatan Rakyat State Government, policy of students of Selangor birth , who has gain admission to tertiary educations locally were given a once off monetary aid of RM1000 to offset miscellaneous costs have been implemented.

Every Malaysian has a right to education. Education is one of the necessities of life and nations which have developed have the best education systems are not surprisingly world leaders in almost every arena. As long as someone wants to get an education and is qualified to attend a certain course, then he or she must be given the right to pursue that knowledge. Is it fair if just because a person does not have the money, he or she is denied education while someone who is mediocre but has the money gets it?

Turkey is one of the model countries in the world that provided free education from primary up to tertiary education despite being a net importer of Oil/ Crude Petroleum Oil i.e. a country that doesn't have the wealth of oil and gas. Malaysia despite being an oil rich country with PETRONAS having an annual profit of RM60 Billion cannot even provide the basic necessity of education to her citizens.

In Buku Jingga Pakatan Rakyat Sabah, the state Sabah will be given greater autonomy in implementing educational policies when the Pakatan Rakyat Sabah is given the mandate to govern the state – Dr Roland Chia added.
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