Thursday, June 16, 2005

Watch-out ! There the next Clock Work

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Get the MCAs, they are experts in this to help you to appeal.

SPM毕业生申请政府大学 录取名单今公布
www.kwongwah.com.my
Links:
http://www.kwongwah.com.my/kwyp_news/news_show.asp?n=13647&rlt=1&cls=101&txt=2005/6/16/gn2005616_13647&rt=N

2005-6-16 0:08:10
(吉隆坡15日讯)大马教育文凭(SPM)毕业生或同等资格学生,可在明日通过各种管道,包括互联网及手机短讯服务查询他们申请政府大学的录取名单。

高等教育部公关主任鲁巴雅说,申请者可通过“热线”及“援助热线 ”,
即03-88835858或03-88835848查询详情。
此外,他们也可拨大学中心单位电话600-83-7890及大学中心单位希尔康热线600-85-220。
申请者也可浏览
http://www.jpt.uum.edu.my
http://www.jpt.utm.my
http://emoe.gov.my网站。

鲁巴雅今日在一篇文告中说,至于通过手机短讯服务查询可送至32300。 她说,今年大学新生登记日期是7月3日,大学方面最迟将于6月20日发出录取信给成功的申请者。申请者也可通过政府大学网站下载录取信。

那些没有收到任何录取信,或是被录取进入8个选择以外科系的学生,可以在当局正式公布录取名单的10天内,通过网上http://emoe.gov.my提出上诉。网上上诉的截止日期是6月26日。 她说,网上上诉的结果将于7月的第3个星期公布,如果在有关日期后仍未接到录取信,即表示上诉失败。

8千250万贷学金 将发放给5万大学生 国家高等教育基金主席拿督拉沙里说,政府将发放8千250万令吉的首期贷学金,给5万5千名在下月开学的政府大学生。 他是针对公积金局发出10亿令吉财务援助给国家高等教育基金的行动发言时如是指出。他说,该基金已准备发出贷款给符合资格的申请者,目前只等待教育部大学中心单位发出新生的背景资料。 他说,私立高等学府的学生将会在开学后,将获得高等教育基金贷款。 他透露,该基金会将为私立大专生提供10万令吉的贷学金,尽管到目前为止,该基金会尚未接到私立大专生的申请资料。

Friday, June 10, 2005

PM Abdullah Promises

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Abdullah promises to get PSD scholarships for top students

BY NICK LEONG AND GAVIN GOMEZ

PUTRAJAYA: Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) top scorers denied scholarships by the Public Services Department (PSD) can heave a sigh of relief, as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has intervened.

Education Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein also pledged to do his part. Abdullah told reporters yesterday that he would help the students. “I will work to get scholarships from PSD for the students to further their studies,” he added. Hishammuddin also showed his determination when he said: “You can tell them that I am fighting for them. You can tell them that their names are embedded in my mind. “I have asked (Deputy Education Minister) Datuk Hon Choon Kim to get all their particulars.”

Speaking to reporters after chairing the ministry’s post-Cabinet meeting yesterday, the minister said he had read a report on the students’ plight in The Star on Wednesday and decided to help them.

The report highlighted the plight of Ng Ee Liang, Desmond Chee and Teoh Wan Ying, who were among top SPM performers denied PSD scholarships.
Other top students who had their scholarship applications rejected included Pahang’s top student Khaw Chok Tong, who scored 12 1As and Chew Ying Dee who topscored in Perlis with 13 1As.

Hishammuddin, who sympathised with the students, said he would do all he could to help them, although the granting of PSD scholarships did not come under his purview. PSD public relations officer Hasniah Rashid was reported as saying yesterday that applicants were allotted points based on their academic achievement, extra-curricular activities, family background and performance during interviews. “Our main constraint, when awarding these scholarships, is the limited number of awards that we give out each year. “Secondly, there are just too many people applying to do medicine overseas,” she had said.

Top scorers fail to get scholarships

BY ZARINAH DAUD

BUTTERWORTH: Two months ago, Ng Ee Liang, Desmond Chee and Teoh Wan Ying were feeling on top of the world when they each scored 13 1As and were named Penang top SPM scorers. But all their dreams and hopes came crashing down on Monday after finding out that their applications for Public Services Department (PSD) scholarships had been rejected.

Logged on to the Internet website five times and each time, the words ?I>permohonan ditolak?appeared. I called my father and a friend to countercheck and they confirmed the bad news.

Ng looking dejected as he stands behind the certificat he received from the Prime Minister and a photograph of him receiving an award from Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, in Penang on Tuesday.People say boys don't cry, but yesterday I cried my heart out,?said a dejected Ng, 18, in an interview yesterday. Do not know what went wrong. I was active in sports and other extracurricular activities. I studied hard so that I could become a doctor. There are 25 top scorers nationwide and I am in 14th position. All of us had lunch with Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and received certificates from both the Prime Minister and Education Minister for our achievements. Yet, the certificates do not seem to be able to support my scholarship application,?said the former student of Chung Ling High School, Butterworth. The boy said one of his schoolmates who scored 9As won a scholarship to South Korea to pursue an engineering course, while another with 10As had the chance to pursue a biotechnology course. Besides Chee, Teoh and myself, other top students who were rejected included Pahang top student Khaw Chok Tong (who scored 12 1As) and Perlis top scorer Chew Ying Dee (who obtained 13 1As),?he said. Chee, a Form Six student at Penang Free School, also expressed his disappointment, saying he had expected a favourable reply?from the PSD. He always wanted to be a doctor and was hoping to get a PSD scholarship. My father works as a technician and cannot afford to pay the high fees for medical studies,?he said.

Teoh, from Penang Chinese Girls High School, expressed similar sentiments, saying that she had to pinch herself when she saw the PSD rejection.
She said she wanted to take up a course in actuarial science and hoped to study either in Australia or Britain.

正视优秀生不获奖学金

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南洋社论:
2005/06/08 17:21:54
●南洋商报

去年考获13科A1的全国十大优秀生之一的黄以量申请公共服务局奖学金落选,使人惊讶,也再度引起公众关注当局遴选的标准和透明度。来自槟州的黄以量因为去年的大马教育文凭试成绩优越,曾获得首相拿督斯里阿都拉巴达威的赞赏和亲自颁发奖状表扬,最近申请公共服务局奖学金赴海外攻读医科时竟然落选,的确是一项讽刺。事实上,类似事件已不止一次发生,而且几乎年年重演,故此,公众咸认当局应公开交待。

根据公共服务局公关哈芝莎的解释,近年来,大马教育文凭试的优异生人数激增,故此,只有成绩非常优异者才有机会。在1万8千名申请者中,仅有4千800人或26%可成功获得奖学金被保送出国深造。她指出,当局的遴选标准除学术及课外活动表现之外,亦通过官员面试作评估,惟最重要因素仍然是学术表现。

尽管公共服务局的奖学金名额僧多粥少,惟以黄以量的13科A1的过人学术表现,要获取该局的奖学金绰绰有余,何以偏偏不在奖学金名单内?对他来说,十年寒窗苦读何只不甘,而且使人不能理解和存疑。 每年大马教育文凭试,考获优异成绩的优秀生增加是好事,也反映出政府的教育骄人成就,家长普遍重视子女教育。当然,如此一来,学生在申请奖学金或其他方面的竞争肯定更加激烈,惟基本来说,学术表现优越者可占优势和更受赏识,尤其在获得奖学金的机会方面比人强。故此,全国十大优秀生无法取得政府奖学金,反而成绩较低的申请者成功,这样的结果的确让人难以理解,对当事人当然是莫大的挫折和打击,同时,引发的后遗影响,也对其他奋发向上的学生形成精神压力,考取好成绩又如何?

黄以量及其他优秀生包括12科A1的洪妮蕙落选的事件,已引起马华总会长拿督斯里黄家定的关注,并应允协助向首相及公共服务局上诉。基于过去的上诉成功例子,事件预料有转机的希望。
惟值得关注的是,黄以量的事件可说年年都发生,各方党团根据个案提供协助,固然让人感激,惟基本上仅是扮演救火角色,无法从根源上彻底解决问题。

公共服务局奖学金的遴选标准如何?申请者必须经过面试的评估准则又如何?公众无从了解,参加面试的学生亦难以掌握,难免造成混淆;官员亦有可能出现纰漏与偏差,故此必须对症下药,力求改善。其实,要确保符合条件的优秀生获得同等的公平合理对待,公共服务局的奖学金遴选标准和制度必须改革,尤其评估申请者的透明度必须提升,同时,紧守培养人才的大原则,对各族的申请者一视同仁,并在申请攻读同一科的优异生超额时,作伸缩性调整,以符合时势的变更,而非保守和一成不变。

另一方面,公共服务局实行在网上公布录取名单的措施,固然可取,惟如能在录取名单上个别加注各项评分,相信更加能够服人,而且此举亦可彰显该局遴选奖学金人选的透明度,提升威信。

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Thursday, June 09, 2005

申请公共服务局奖学金被拒

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13A1优秀生黄以量留学梦碎
2005-6-7 23:08:30

(北海7日讯)大马教育文凭考获13A1的全槟最佳优秀生黄以量申请公共服务局奖学金被拒,欲前往海外深造攻读医学系梦想破碎!
曾获首相颁发奖状 最令黄以量及双亲遗憾的是,其孩子优异的成绩表现也获得我国尊贵的首相拿督斯里阿都拉签发及颁发奖状予这名全国十大优秀生之一,但是也没有受到当局的考量。 黄以量今日以最沉重、悲痛的心情来面对传媒。他希望当局能重新考虑有关其奖学金的申请,让他能顺利前往海外修读医学系,将来为国家做出贡献。 他对于当局拒绝他的奖学金申请深感失望。他也希望当局在批准有关奖学金之申请的程序可以更具透明度,毕竟申请者并不知道有关程序是如何进行的。 他是于昨日下午2时许在吉打大学预科班上网查询有关奖学金的录取名单时,发现榜上无名,让他当场号啕大哭,并再次拨电要求朋友代为查询,结果还是一样。“虽然男儿有泪不轻弹,但是在无法接受这残酷的事实的当而,我还是忍不住向父母哭诉。今日我再次拨电予公共服务局查询录取名单,但是我的名字还是没有在录取名单内。” 他指出,虽然目前当局拒绝他的奖学金申请,但是他吁请当局能给予他一个被拒绝的理由,让他心服口服。他自问在接受当局的面试时,都有不错的临场表现,因此,他认为实在找不出一个被拒绝的理由。

黄泉益允协助

他称,目前他正办理上诉的手续,而且巴眼惹玛州议员黄泉益也答应给予协助,助他获得当局的奖学金,圆他前往海外攻读医学系的梦想。 询问及有关上诉得值的信心时,他表示这次不敢抱着太大的希望,因为他当初就是充满信心,才换来今日失望落空的心情。 他说,如果无法申请奖学金前往海外深造,他将继续在本地修读医学系,毕竟其家境能力无法让他前往海外继续深造。


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申请公共服务局奖学金被拒者 13日前可通过马青上诉
2005-6-8 22:53:05

(槟城8日讯)申请不到公共服务局奖学金的优异生可在本月13日(周一)前通过马青提出上诉。

魏家祥:到马青网站下载上诉表格 马青总团教育局主任魏家祥博士向本报指出,
欲上诉的学生必须先到马青网站(www.mca.org.my)下载马青总团教育局的上诉表格,
同时到公共服务局的网站(www.jpa.gov.my)下载该局的上诉表格,
或自己准备上诉信,并附上一份大马教育文凭(SPM)成绩和相关辅助文件。

他说,上诉者必须将公共服务局的上诉表格或上诉信、SPM成绩及相关辅助文件寄到公共服务局,

地址:Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam‘Bahagian Latihan’ Aras 5, Blok C1&C2, Parcel C, Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan ,62510 Putrajaya。

“同时,他们也必须将同样的文件连同马青总团教育局的上诉信,
在13日前寄到

Biro Pendidikan Pemuda MCA Kebangsaan ,Tingkat 7,Wisma MCA,163,Jalan Ampang ,50450,KL。”

他受询时表示,从7日开始至8日凌晨1时30分,他的手机一直响个不停,1天的时间内,他估计自己接获来自全马各州不少于100通的上诉电话。有些都是考生或家长拨来的求助电话,有些甚至在电话里哭诉。

问题较去年严重 虽然他们尚在收集资料,无法做出统计,但是根据他去年也处理过同样事件的经验,他估计今年的问题会比去年严重。尤其是,他接获的投诉中许多都是考获SPM全科A1的考生,从14A1至12A1的考生比比皆是。

尽力协助上诉者 他针对有关报导说,成功上诉的机率并不高而表示这是不公平的说法。因为,根据他们的经验,每年都有45至100宗的上诉得直,所以他呼吁上诉者不要着急。马华总团领导层通过讨论后,将尽力协助上诉者通过正确的管道提出上诉。 同时,他也呼吁各州马华领导、马青团员及国州议员协助这些上诉者。

有疑问,可以联络马青总团秘书处03-21618044,电邮youth@mca.org.my