PSD scholarships: Increasing non-bumi quota not good idea

PETALING JAYA: Increasing the quota for non-bumiputras for Public Services Department (PSD) scholarships without increasing the actual number of scholarships has drastically affected the bumiputras, the Umno Youth Education Bureau said.

Its chairman Ahmad Ikmal Ismail said while the bureau agreed with the Government to give more scholarships to non-bumiputras, it did not agree with the way it was done.

“The quota for non-bumiputras has increased from 10% to 45% but the number of total scholarships has remained at 2,000.”

Ahmad Ikmal said this meant that scholarships were being taken from the bumiputras to be given to the non-bumiputras.

“We object to this move because it now means 700 scholarships for bumiputra students are gone,” he said.

Ahmad Ikmal said a better way would be to use the New Economic Policy concept to increase the number of total scholarships so that the bumiputras were not affected and the non-bumiputras got even more opportunities.

“For example, if the 'cake' was increased to 3,000 scholarships, using a ratio of 70:30, then bumiputras would get 2,100 places while non-bumiputras would get 900 places,” he said.

Ahmad Ikmal said although it would require more money to implement, education was an investment that was needed to develop society and the country.

He added that there were also instances of well-performing bumiputra students who failed to obtain scholarships from the PSD.

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!!My Say!!

over 50 years of independence....

celebrating harmony and integration among races...
BULLSHYT!!
i quote,

The quota for non-bumiputras has increased from 10% to 45% but the number of total scholarships has remained at 2,000.....
scholarships were being taken from the bumiputras to be given to the non-bumiputras....
700 scholarships for bumiputra students are gone...

wahai kerusi besar...
sekarang baru tahu maksud
"susah susah dahulu....senang senang kemudian..."
dulu tak perlu berusaha untuk mendapat ni sekolarsip!
tak perlu mencatat prestasi yang cemerlang pun boleh dapat..
asal tu BINtulu dan BINTImulu wujud dah cukup!
saya ada ramai kawan dari BINtulu yang tak dapat korek banyak emas ni dari lombong..
tapi, mereka masih dapat sekolarsip!
kawan lain saya yang tak berasal dari BINtulu dan BINTImulu berusaha kuat..
mendapat banyak emas dan khazanah...
tapi langsung tak dapat...



eh chairman of UYEB!
now only you know how hard is it to obtain a scholarship?
you can actually say that scholarships are being taken away from the bumiputras?
do you know..ever since 50 years back...
how many scholarships have been taken away from the nonS?
by increasing the Nons quota to 45%...it is still lower than the bumiputras percentage..
i can take that...
ketuanan melayu right?
your country....
i give...


700 of scholarships are being taken away from the bumiputra?
thats a very small figure!
look at the bright side!
you actually have scholarships to be taken away!


you even added that they are instances well performing bumiputras who failed to obtain the scholarship...
what about the non-bumiputras?
how many u see in the papers...
obtaining full aces...
high marks...
representing the states and their schools in various activities...
countries too in fact!
and still fail to obtain a scholarship??
COUNTLESS!!


what else must the nonS go thru?
after finding that Hang Tuah is a chinese not a bumiputra...
u remove him from books...
erase his history...


must we actually wait till the discovery that one of our...

mahjong
"waaah!! 3 bamboo! pong ar! "
" like that also can ar! so lucky wan you! "
"kay la! i almost sek wu di!"
"u throw em (5) man ar? qi! "
"9 bamboo? yes! i can....aaaaaaGGGONG! "
"gong your head! i sek wu first! "

.....is actually a non-bumiputra before we can obtain equal rights?


can we just be fair on the education side of things?
politics? don't bother...
our minister works so well in covering things up over the news (BBC Hardtalk)...