Eight scholarships under BN YES programme given out
Afterschool
August 26, 2011
Under the Barisan Nasional Youth Education Scholarship (BN YES) programme, eight students who have been accepted into 12 private universities have been given scholarships.
The BN YES programme have forked out RM300,000 worth of financial aid for the eight students.
There are only 100 scholarships available. RM17.6 million was collected from the 12 private universities mentioned above to fund the 100 scholarships.
The scholarships distributed are mainly based on academic performance (70%), socioeconomic status (20%) and cocurriculum aspects (10%).
This scholarship is extended to help top students in SPM, STPM and A-Levels who are seeking higher learning education.