Results of applications to Mara colleges are out

Rural Development Minister Rina Harun. – MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

KUANTAN (Bernama): Results of applications made to Mara Junior Science Colleges (MRSM) for the 2020 Form One intake are out, says Rural Development (KPLB) Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun.

She said the results were available much earlier this year compared to normally, prior to this, when the announcements were made after the new schooling session had started, requiring the selected students to register at other schools first.

Hopeful applicants can check if they are successful on the Mara website.

'We ensured that checks for the results can be made much earlier – only two weeks after the closing date on Nov 30,2019.

''This will enable parents to make appropriate preparations before the MRSM registration on Jan 6, '' she told a media conference after opening the 2020 Back To School Programme@ KPLB Mara Education Foundation at the Mara High Skills College (KKTM) here on Sunday (Dec 15).

A total of 80,319 applications were received for the 2020 Form One MRSM intake, with has a quota of 7,628 students, Rina said.

It involved 3,595 students for Premier MRSM, Ulul Albab MRSM, International General Certificate of Secondary Education Programme MRSM, Technical and International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme MRSM.

Rina said unsuccessful applicants could submit an appeal to fill vacancies left by students who decline the offer, which will be known after the registration process is completed.

For the 2020 MRSM student intake session, Rina said 60% of the quota were filled with students from B40 families.

''Those who come from less well-to-do families need not worry about preparing for MRSM because Mara provides an aid scheme, namely Aid For Education (Budi) which receives support from many corporations.

" Budi recipients will get RM50 pocket money a month, exemption from the RM60 a month hostel fee and a RM1,500 one-off payment to buy schooling supplies, '' she said.

In Pahang, Rina said, 203 Form Two to Form Five students received Budi aid at four MRSMs, namely, Tun Abdul Razak MRSM, Muadzam Shah MRSM, Kuantan MRSM and Tun Ghazali Shafie MRSM.

For the form four MRSM intake next year, Rina said 26,160 applications were received over a quota of 1,812 involving Premier MRSM (710 students) and Special Education Programme MRSM (1,102 students).

Rina also handed over early schooling aid to 180 students from 19 primary and secondary schools in the Paya Besar Parliamentary constituency, who were part of the 2,520 recipients in Pahang during the programme involving an allocation of over RM200,000.

In addition, Rina also handed over a prosthetic leg, built by students of KKTM Kuantan. and 50% lighter than those available in the market, to Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Paya Besar, student Nurul Hasrina Adnan, 17, who lost her right leg in an accident on Sept 20. – Bernama