PerantiSiswa programme expanded to four more categories of B40 students, says Annuar

KUALA LUMPUR: The PerantiSiswa programme will be expanded to a further four categories of B40 students, says Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pic).

The Telecommunications and Multimedia Minister said the four new categories were students in foundation programmes at public institutions of higher learning, students under the Education Ministry’s matriculation programme, Form 6 students in schools under the Education Ministry and students in Vocational Colleges that offer diploma studies.

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“Students in these categories can make applications for PerantiSiswa from today until Sept 30,” he said during Ministers’ Question Time at the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (Aug 4).

Annuar was answering a question from Lukanisman Awang Sauni (GPS-Sibuti) on the status of tablet distribution under the PerantiSiswa programme and how many tablets had been distributed to B40 students.

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Prior to this B40 students who are eligible for the programme are those attending full-time diploma programmes and advanced bachelor’s degree at IPTA and private higher education Institutions under the management of the Ministry of Education, polytechnic and community college students under the Education Ministry, students of the Institute of Teacher Education ( IPG) under the Education Ministry and students of the National Academy of Arts, Culture and Heritage (Aswara)

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