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Seven Orang Asli students to pursue higher learning education

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August 22, 2011





  • Seven Orang Asli students will pursue their higher learning education in various public institutions (IPTA), the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education (IPGM), and the Industrial Training Institute.
  • Of the seven students, three of them managed to get into IPTA. One of them will be studying A-Levels here before taking off to India.
  • The other two students will be pursuing biophysics and timber studies in Universiti Putra Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
  • The government will allocate RM200,000 annually for the educational development of the Orang Asli community in GUa Musang alone.
  • Kelantan received RM1.2 million for the same purpose last year to help fund transportation fares, school fees, stationary sets, scholarships and other expenses.