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Saturday, May 17, 2008

More than 3,000 non-bumis in Mara colleges

The Star (15/5/08): A total of 3,094 non-bumiputra students are studying at 40 Mara Junior Science (MRSM) colleges, Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development Minister Datuk Noh Omar said.

He said MRSM colleges reserved 10% of its places for qualified non-bumiputra youths.

“This year, we received 334 applications from non-bumiputras to go into Form 1 at MRSM, of which 172 were accepted.

“Overall there are now 3,094 non-bumiputra students of the total of 26,251 students in MRSM colleges nationwide,” he told Roslan Shaharum (PAS - Bukit Gantang).

Noh said although MRSM was created to accept youths with 5A results in the UPSR examinations, it also accepted students whose parents received RM600 or lower in monthly salary.

These students were exempted from the RM270 annual fees and given RM1,600 worth of school items and equipment.

“Fifty percent of MRSM students, who are from poor families, achieved 8A results in their PMR examinations.

“MRSM will continue with its duty to provide help to poor and bright rural students.”

He told Razali Ibrahim (BN - Muar) that 16 more MRSM colleges would be built under the terms of the 8th and 9th Malaysia Plans, in addition to the 40 existing ones.

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