JPA Gave 843 Scholarships To Bumis, 657 To Non-Bumis

KUALA LUMPUR June 30 (Bernama) -- The Public Service Department (JPA) gave 843 scholarships to bumiputera students under the foreign degree programme this year.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said they include bumiputera students from Sabah and Sarawak.

He said 657 non-bumiputera students received scholarships under the foreign degree programme, proof that non-bumiputeras were not sidelined by the government.

Winding up debate on the Tenth Malaysia Plan (10MP) in Dewan Rakyat Wednesday, he said JPA gave 1,500 scholarships to excellent students based on merit, race, bumiputeras (Sabah and Sarawak) and the socially disadvantaged.

Of the 300 scholarships on merit, only 59 or 20 percent were given to bumiputera students while 241 or 80 percent went to non-bumiputeras.

"The Chinese received 209 scholarships (70%), Indians 30 (10%) and others 0.7%) under the merit category," Nazri said.

For the race quota, bumiputeras received 557 scholarships (61.8%), non-bumiputeras 343 (38.1%), Sabah and Sarawak races 150 while the socially disadvantaged 150.

-- BERNAMA