No signature of elected rep needed for Pahang scholarship

 

The requirement to obtain the signature of an elected representative on the state government’s scholarship and education loan application form through Yayasan Pahang has been abolished starting this year, said Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.

The new measure, according to him, is to make it easier for students applying for the scholarship or loan, as well as freeing up elected representatives who no longer need to sign the form.

“Applicants have been allowed to apply online. So I hope the elected representatives can tell students in their respective areas to apply online,” he said at the Pahang Legislative Assembly sitting at Wisma Sri Pahang, Kuantan, today.

Wan Rosdy (above) said this while answering a question from Rosli Abdul Jabar (Perikatan Nasional -Tanjung Lumpur) who asked for an explanation as to why opposition members in the state were not ‘qualified’ to sign scholarship forms.

Wan Rosdy’s answer was praised by Pahang state assembly speaker Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin because he too “took a long time to sign education-related forms due to the number of forms piling up” when he was a Lanchang assemblyperson.

Since the establishment of Yayasan Pahang in 1983 until last year, Wan Rosdy said a total of RM1.4 billion had been channelled for educational purposes benefiting more than 1.7 million recipients.

Opposition leader Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man also admitted that he had received a Yayasan Pahang education loan but it was ‘converted’ into a scholarship due to academic excellence, before asking if the facility is also offered to civil servants who want to continue their studies to master’s or doctorate level.

Wan Rosdy replied that the offer can be considered through the discussion of the Yayasan Pahang board of directors and can be approved if it benefits the state government.

- Bernama