Help Needed for Top Student with Leukemia

Thanks to C Guevara for highlighting about Yeoh Yen Kee, a former Jit Sin student, who was diagnosed with Leukemia. She was one of the top students in Jit Sin, obtained 11As in SPM, and then she was offered JPA Scholarships to study abroad for medicine. However, due to her illness, she had to forgo her opportunities to study abroad.

Would like to call upon those who can afford to donate to support Yeoh Yen Kee.

Guang Ming Daily has opened an account for public to donate for her.

The link in Guang Ming Daily is at here .

For donation's details, go to Guang Ming Daily at here .

Cheque is made payable to "GUANG MING RIBAO Sdn. Bhd. ( Charity Fund )", with the back of cheque written the name of "楊顏琦 (Yeoh Yen Kee)", with donor's Chinese/English name, Address and contact number, so that receipt could be mailed to you.

The cheque is to be mailed to:-
《光明公益金》Guang Ming Ribao
67,Jalan Macalister,10400 Pulau Pinang.
Phone：04-222 6783
Fax：04-222 6767
Email：gslye@guangming.com.my

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Update from Zen Wong - You can check here , where updates on Yen Kee's health condition and fund raising would be highlighted.

Do check on the link above for latest info. Hope that you can contribute to support the medical needs of Yen Kee.

PSD Scholarship Selection Criteria

Thanks to my loyal blog reader for this article.

No review of PSD scholarship selection criteria: DG

This is quoted from here .

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PUTRAJAYA, Thurs:

There will be no review of the selection criteria for Public Services Department scholarships, PSD director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam said today.

He said he had not received any directives to reconsider the criteria.

Unsuccessful applicants for scholarships had until Monday to appeal, he added.

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee said on Wednesday there would be a review of the PSD criteria for giving out scholarships.

Ismail denied there was a meeting among Barisan Nasional component party leaders, the Chief Secretary to the Government and himself, as claimed by Ong.

Ismail also refuted Ong's claims on the current selection criteria.

Ong was reported to have said that the selection is based on four criteria - merit (20%), race (60%), Sabah and Sarawak citizens (10%) and students from underprivileged groups (10%).

"I think he may have gotten confused with the distribution of scholarships,” Ismail said.

"As it stands, we still very much practise a meritocracy system with the criteria: academic (75%), co-curricular activities (10%), family background (10%) and interview (5%)."

Ismail also said he had been answering questions on the PSD scholarships "forever" and reiterated that choice of courses played a crucial role on whether candidates were awarded a scholarship or not.

"For those who want to study medicine, they will have to understand that the field is extremely competitive.

"And because we have to also take family background into consideration, there may be cases where students from very poor families with fewer A's, may be awarded with the scholarship," he said.

He said since the results of the offer were announced last Friday, his department had received more than 2,000 appeals.
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JPA Scholarships Appeal Cases

For those who failed to get JPA scholarships, and if you have a deserving case, you would have the chance to get the scholarships through the appeal process.

here .
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納吉指示檢討海外獎學金發放制‧申請失敗者可翻案

（布城）首相拿督斯里納吉今日（週三，5月13日）指示公共服務局全面檢討發放海外獎學金的錄取標準和作業方式。

馬華總會長兼交通部長拿督斯里翁詩傑週三透露，納吉是在週三早上的內閣會議中發出這項指示

這意味著申請海外獎學金失敗的優秀生，將有翻案機會，而所有審核工作會在下週三（5月20日）之前處理好。

翁詩傑在主持交通部內閣會議匯報會前的新聞發佈會上說，首相作出指示後，馬華4位部長、多位友族部長和政府首席秘書將於週四（5月14日）召見公共服務局總監，以瞭解當局是否有執行和貫徹內閣之前針對海外獎學金的發放所作的決定。

他說，內閣在今年初的一項會議上議決，公共服務局的2000份海外獎學金，必須依據新標準來發放，即20%是純粹以成績為準、60%以種族比率分配、10%分配給東馬土著學生和最後10%保留給弱勢群體如單親家庭、清貧學生、殘障學生等。

他說，馬華希望經過檢討後，公共服務局能從制度和標準的根本問題上來解決發放獎學金所引起的問題。

翁詩傑指出，過去二、三天，馬華國州議員、服務中心和教育局積極收集個案，而馬華4名部長也在週三早上針對公共服務局獎學金的課題向首相作出匯報。

“過後，我們也在內閣會議中正式針對馬華收集到的個案進行深入報告和探討，有幾個個案的現象引起內閣關注。”

錄取標準引起疑慮

他強調，目前這項獎學金的問題不在於種族分配方面，而是當局的錄取標準引起疑慮，例如一些州屬的最優秀生和全國排行榜裡的優秀生竟然都落選。

他說，馬華部長也向內閣提出一個重要意見，那就是當局應完全以成績為標準來發放20%的獎學金，不應包括面試和課外活動分數。



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Appeal for JPA Overseas Scholarships

Thanks to Cadence_Hope from ReCom.org - The Worldwide Malaysian Students Network for translating the following into English. This is regarding appealing for JPA Overseas Scholarships.

The ReCom link is here (Post #6) .

The original Chinese version is here at MCA Youth page .
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Appeal for 2009 JPA Overseas Scholarship Program

Public Service Department of Malaysia had announced the names of recipients of the 2009 Public Service Department (PSD) Overseas Scholarships Program (Biasiswa Ijazah Luar Negara JPA). Applicants can check their result through the PSD website at www.jpa.gov.my

MCA Youth Education Bureau urges all applicants to check their result through the website as soon as possible. Appeals have to be made online at www.jpa.gov.my within 10 days after the announcement of the result (closing date is 18th May 2009).

MCA Youth Education Bureau will assist the applicants who want to appeal and they can download the appeal form from http://youth.mca.org.my , and send it together with all the required attachments and information to MCA Youth Education Bureau or any State MCA Youth before 14th May 2009. Upon compilation and analysis of all the appeals, MCA Youth Education Bureau will discuss with MCA President, Dato’ Seri Ong Tee Keat and MCA ministers to help the applicants in the appealing process.

For more enquiries and information, please contact MCA National Youth Education Bureau at 03-21618044.

Mailing Address:


Biro Pendidikan Pemuda MCA Kebangsaan
Tingkat 7, Wisma MCA
163, Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur


Please kindly download these forms:

1. Borang Rayuan Biasiswa Program Ijazah Luar Negara JPA Tahun 2009
2. Borang Pengesahan Pendapatan Bulanan Keluarga Calon Program Penajaan 2009

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(吉隆坡8日讯) 2009年政府公共服务局海外留学奖学金 (Biasiswa Ijazah Luar Negara JPA 2009) 已在今日正式公布录取名单。所有已接受面试的申请者须上网www.jpa.gov.my 以查询结果。

马青总团教育局今日发表文告提醒所有申请者必须上网查询结果，不要平白无故地失去这个得来不易的机会。

文告中也指出，每一年的JPA奖学金的非常竞争。而今年度奖学金的数额维持在2000份，但符合条件的申请者数量却增加了，这造成了僧多粥少的局面，所以申请者不应以不满意被分配的国家而放弃这宝贵的升学机会。

公共服务局将在录取名单公布后接受上诉。上诉者可透过www.jpa.gov.my 向该局提出电子上诉(E-Rayuan)，而无需邮寄任何上诉公函及相关文件于当局。

马青总团教育局也将协助那些未被录取的申请者。欲想要通过马青总团教育局上诉的申请者可从马青网站 http://youth.mca.org.my 下载马青内部使用的上诉表格，连同相关资料于5月14日或之前呈予马青总团教育局或通过各州马华马青转交。教育局在整理及分析所有上诉个案后，将与马华总会长拿督斯里翁诗杰及马华内阁部长商讨，并依据各别情况替上诉者上诉。

上诉者若有任何疑问可直接拨电向马青教育局询问，电话是03-21618044。邮寄地址如下：

Biro Pendidikan Pemuda MCA Kebangsaan

Tingkat 7, Wisma MCA

163, Jalan Ampang

50450 Kuala Lumpur

敬请下载以下的表格：

表格 1： 2009年度政府公共服务局海外留学奖学金上诉表格（马青内部使用）

表格 2： Borang Pengesahan Pendapatan Bulanan Keluarga Calon Program Penajaan 2009


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Allocation of JPA Scholarships

This news from The Star here .

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KOTA KINABALU: The federal government is allocating 10 percent or 200 Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships for Sabah and Sarawak bumiputra Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) school leavers beginning this year.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said Friday that this was made after taking into account the academic achievements of bumiputra students in both states.
"Presently, there are many more rural schools in Sabah and Sarawak which do not have the necessary facilities and this affects the students' academic performance.

"That is why the federal government gives special attention to Sabah and Sarawak bumiputra students, where each state will be allocated 100 PSD scholarships," he told reporters at the excellent award presentation to bright students at SM Shan Tao here.

Dompok said that under the new PSD scholarship scheme, 20 percent or 400 of the 2,000 scholarships offered this year were for excellent students and 60 per cent or 1,200 scholarships were for bumiputra and non-bumiputra SPM leavers nationwide. He said the remaining 10 percent were for disabled students who excelled in their studies.

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JPA News Release on JPA Scholarships for SPM 2008

This news is quoted from NST .

Some of the observations I made from this article:-
1. Those with SPM 9A1s are not automatically getting JPA scholarships
2. Those who get into Top universities would get chance to get JPA scholarships (pending applications)
3. Previously, you need to have 9A1s and above, as well as offer from top unis, but this year, you don't need the 9A1s requirement.
4. For JPA scholarships, academic now counts for 75% (instead of 70%), interview 5% (instead of 10%), family economic background 10% and co-curricular activities 10%.

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PUTRAJAYA: There will be no automatic scholarships for those who score nine 1As and above in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination this year.

Public Service Department (PSD) director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam said the scholarships were only a benefit for last year.

Last year, students who got nine 1As in the 2007 SPM examination were automatically eligible for scholarships from PSD for Form Six until the first degree locally.

"Last year, if they had nine 1As and they got into Form Six, we offered them scholarships. If they did well and entered local universities, the scholarships continued.

"This year, there has been no announcement. There is no decision yet," Ismail told the New Sunday Times.

What remains this year, he said, were the 2,000 overseas and 10,000 local scholarships.
"Within the overseas allocation, we also reserve scholarships for those who get into elite schools. It can be Ivy League schools, the top school in England or the Group of Eight universities in Australia.

"For that kind of scholarship, you have to get a place there. So it doesn't matter even if you study on your own. Once you get a place in Harvard, we offer you a scholarship.

"But it must be in the field that the government wants. If you take classical dancing, then of course there will be no scholarship."

Last year, said Ismail, 87 students received this type of scholarship and this year, it will be offered as part of the 2,000 overseas scholarships.

Aside from these, there are also scholarships for foreign universities that have a local campus -- Nottingham, Monash, Curtin and Swinburne -- as well as the Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology University.

If a student gets nine 1As in the 2007 SPM examination, enters A-Levels and then gets a place in Monash University, would he still be eligible?

"Yes, he can still be considered. He can apply, but it is not automatically given. He becomes like any other applicant."

Ismail said there would be no reduction in the number of scholarships offered by PSD as a result of the current economic conditions.

"So far, the government has said it will maintain the number of overseas scholarships at 2,000 places and local scholarships at 10,000 places.

"This year, we have 1,676 students with straight 1As and 6,277 who obtained all As. There are only 2,000 overseas scholarships.

"The problem now is that all the bright students want to do medicine in England. That is not possible.

"It is not that they don't qualify. It is because medical schools overseas now have an international quota and we have to compete with the rest of the world as they are very selective."

Ismail said the department was also working with the Higher Education Ministry this year to retain some of the top students for local research universities as part of efforts to improve the universities' rankings.

"We will probably give them extras to retain them, and they may possibly be able to spend one semester or so overseas. I will have to work this out with the universities and the ministry."
The selection criteria for overseas scholarships has also been changed.

"Last year, it was 70, 10, 10, 10. This year, it is 75 points for academic excellence, 10 points for curriculum, 10 points for family economic background and five points for the interview.
He said there was the interview process for overseas scholarships, but not for the local ones, which require 80 points for academic excellence and 20 for economic background.

"We still have the interview process for overseas scholarships because we are sending these students away for five or six years. We want to see if they are prepared mentally. We've had cases where students started feeling lonely in their second year.

"This is a big investment. When you go to medical school, we have to spend over a million ringgit. That is why the interview is important and it is the tipping point."

For this year, the government has allocated more than RM832 million for overseas scholarships and more than RM413 million for local scholarships.

"Students wanting scholarships must keep in mind that the competition is getting tougher, because there are a lot more brilliant students than there are scholarships the government can offer."

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JPA Scholarships Statistic - Repost

With SPM 2008 exams coming out today, and now a lot of people are starting to prepare for Overseas JPA Scholarships applications, I would like to share some analysis of the chances for each field of studies.

Thanks to chen622 from ReCom.org - The Worldwide Malaysian Students Network for the statistic and Sin Chew Jit Poh for the data .

Feel free to reproduce this analysis at your blog/forum etc, but do include a link to quote here.

As a start, we can first look at total applicants, total shortlisted for interview and total scholarships for SPM 2005, 2006 and 2007 batches.

SPM 2005 - 15,357 applicants, 5,946 interviews, 1,500 JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2006 - 12,411 applicants, 6,298 interviews, 1,800 JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2007 - 15,220 applicants, 7,282 interviews, 2,000 JPA Overseas Scholarships

If we look at % wise, then it would be:-
SPM 2005 - 38.72% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA interview
SPM 2006 - 50.75% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA interview
SPM 2007 - 47.84% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA interview

SPM 2005 - 25.23% of those who attend JPA Interview get JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2006 - 28.58% of those who attend JPA Interview get JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2007 - 27.46% of those who attend JPA Interview get JPA Overseas Scholarships

SPM 2005 - 9.77% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2006 - 14.50% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2007 - 13.14% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA Overseas Scholarships

For those 10A1s and above and with family income below RM1,500, they are guaranteed JPA Scholarships for SPM 2007 batch. For SPM 2007 batch, 151 students successfully get this scholarships, including 117 Non bumiputera.

For SPM 2007 batch, to look deeper at the academic results of those 7,282 students who are offered JPA Scholarships interview:-
16A1s - 1 Student
15A1s - 5 Students
14A1s - 4 Students
13A1s - 36 Students
12A1s - 186 Students
11A1s - 593 Students
10A1s - 1,210 Students
9A1s - 1,464 Students
8A1s - 1,166 Students
7A1s - 971 Students
6A1s - 724 Students
5A1s - 510 Students
4A1s - 262 Students
3A1s - 120 Students
2A1s - 26 Students
1A1 - 4 Students

And a more useful information would be breakdown analysis for SPM 2007 batch, based on field of studies that the students apply for. It would show total students who apply for JPA Overseas Scholarships for that field of studies, and then total shortlisted for interview and total students who get the scholarships.

The format would be:-
Field of Study - Total Applicants - Total Interviews - Total Scholarships

Medical - 3,187 - 1,838 - 530
Pharmacy - 1,463 - 738 - 120
Dentist - 719 - 351 - 110
Engineering - 4,083 - 2,069 - 620
Accountancy - 1,075 - 380 - 70
Law - 826 - 246 - 70
Biotech - 731 - 387 - 80
Actuarial Science - 577 - 383 - 75
Humanities - 522 - 121 - 50
Science - 411 - 192 - 70
Architecture - 400 - 154 - 60
Business Adminstration - 287 - 57 - 14
Economics - 271 - 145 - 60
IT - 256 - 67 - 20
Veterinary - 139 - 65 - 14
Agricultural - 106 - 25 - 14
Quantity Surveyor - 102 - 47 - 18
City Planning - 65 - 16 - 5

Looking at it, below are the % of JPA Scholarships applicants who manage to get JPA Interview.

Actuarial Science - 66.4%
Medical - 57.7%
Economics - 53.5%
Biotech - 52.9%
Engineering - 50.7%
Pharmacy - 50.4%
Dentistry - 48.8%
Veterinary - 46.8%
Science - 46.7%
Quantity Surveyor - 46.1%
Architecture - 38.5%
Accountancy - 35.3%
Law - 29.8%
IT - 26.2%
City Planning - 24.6%
Agriculture - 23.6%
Humanities - 23.2%
Business Administration - 19.9%

How about the % of those who get the JPA Overseas Scholarships among those who attended the interview?

Agriculture - 56.0%
Economics - 41.4%
Humanities - 41.3%
Architecture - 39.0%
Quantity Surveyor - 38.3%
Science - 36.5%
Dentistry - 31.3%
City Planning - 31.3%
Engineering - 30.0%
IT - 29.9%
Medical - 28.8%
Law - 28.5%
Business Administrations - 21.6%
Veterinary - 21.5%
Biotech - 20.7%
Actuarial Science - 19.6%
Accountancy - 18.4%
Pharmacy - 16.3%

In overall, what is the chance of someone who apply for a field of study and end up getting JPA Overseas Scholarships?

Economics - 22.1%
Quantity Surveyor - 17.6%
Science - 17.0%
Medical - 16.6%
Dentist - 15.3%
Engineering - 15.2%
Architecture - 15.0%
Agriculture - 13.2%
Actuarial Science - 13.0%
Biotech - 10.9%
Veterinary - 10.1%
Humanities - 9.6%
Law - 8.5%
Pharmacy - 8.2%
IT - 7.8%
City Planning - 7.7%
Accountancy - 6.5%
Business Administration - 4.9%

Hope that this info would be useful to students from SPM 2008 and beyond who are aiming for JPA Overseas Scholarships.

For more scholarships information, go to JobStreet.com Scholarships Listing and ReCom.org - The Worldwide Malaysian Students Network .

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JPA Overseas Scholarships List of Countries

JPA has announced the list of courses and countries for JPA Overseas Scholarships. So, to get the latest JPA and MARA Overseas Scholarships detailed information, you can get it from here .

I have taken the information and analyze by countries on which course is offered for JPA Scholarships. If there is any discrepency, follow the info in the link above. The sequence of courses are just based on what is lined up in the form. It has no bearing on which one is offering more spots.

US - Agricultural Science, Biotech, Engineering, Actuarial Science, Computer Science/Information Technology, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, Geology etc), Economic, Tourism, Social Science (International Relations, Political Science, Communications, Humanities, Language etc), Management, Public Administration, Quantitatif, Librarian Science, Information Science, Business Administration

UK - Medical, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Biotech, Engineering, Actuarial Science, Accounting, Quantity Surveyor, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, Geology etc), Architecture, City Planning, Economic, Tourism, Social Science (International Relations, Political Science, Communications, Humanities, Language etc), Management, Public Administration, Quantitatif, Librarian Science, Information Science, Business Administration

Australia - Medical, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Agricultural Science, Engineering, Actuarial Science, Accounting, Quantity Surveyor, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, Geology etc), Architecture, City Planning, Tourism, Social Science (International Relations, Political Science, Communications, Humanities, Language etc)

New Zealand - Medical, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Engineering, Quantity Surveyor, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, Geology etc), Architecture

Canada - Veterinary, Biotech, Engineering, Economic, Tourism, Social Science (International Relations, Political Science, Communications, Humanities, Language etc), Management, Public Administration, Quantitatif, Librarian Science, Information Science

Jordan - Medical, Dentistry, Islamic Finance/Banking/Economy, Management, Public Administration, Quantitatif, Librarian Science, Information Science

Egypt - Medical, Islamic Finance/Banking/Economy, Management, Public Administration, Quantitatif, Librarian Science, Information Science

India - Medical, Dentistry

Ireland - Medical, Dentistry

Czech Republic - Medical

Russia - Medical

Poland - Medical

Germany - Engineering

France - Engineering

Japan - Engineering (The following for bumiputera only: Dentistry, Pharmacy, Economic, International Relations, Political Science, Communications, Business Administrations)

Korea - Engineering

Penang Medical College - Medical

Melaka-Manipal Medical College - Medical

International Medical University - Medical, Pharmacy

Universiti Malaya - Science & Sastera Ikhtisas

Universiti Sains Malaysia - Science & Sastera Ikhtisas

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Science & Sastera Ikhtisas

Universiti Putra Malaysia - Science & Sastera Ikhtisas

Good Luck!

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Public Service Department PSD (Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam JPA) Overseas Scholarships

Public Service Department PSD (Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam JPA) Overseas Scholarships for SPM 2008 Students quoted from here .

Some of the major differences for this year's JPA Scholarship would be that the interviews would be done based on field of studies, and it would be conducted by people of that field. So, applying for medicine scholarships would be interviewed in groups by doctors from multi races, applying for engineering scholarships would be interviewed in groups by engineers from multi races etc. And it would be in a smaller groups of 4 students each.

Total scholarships are still the same at 2,000.

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Press Release: PILN Scholarship Offer 2009
Modal insan adalah merupakan aset negara yang paling berharga. Justeru, Kerajaan sentiasa mempergiatkan usaha-usaha yang berterusan untuk menghasilkan modal insan yang berkualiti. Penajaan biasiswa bagi para pelajar untuk melanjutkan pengajian di dalam dan luar negara adalah merupakan salah satu inisiatif yang perlu diteruskan. Ini merupakan pelaburan jangka panjang yang hasilnya bakal dinikmati apabila mereka pulang berkhidmat dan seterusnya menjamin kesinambungan keupayaan negara di masa akan datang.

Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) akan melaksanakan Program Ijazah Luar Negara (PILN) bagi tahun 2009 untuk pelajar cemerlang lepasan SPM 2008 mengikuti pengajian di universiti luar negara dalam bidang-bidang kritikal (Perubatan, Pergigian, Farmasi dan Sains Perubatan Veterinar), Kejuruteraan, Sains & Teknologi serta bidang Sains Sosial yang diperlukan oleh perkhidmatan awam dan negara. Jumlah keseluruhan bilangan biasiswa yang disediakan bagi tahun 2009 adalah 2,000.

Setiap tahun PILN menjadi tumpuan banyak pihak sehingga mewujudkan pergantungan harapan yang tinggi terutamanya di kalangan calon dan juga ibu bapa. Pada tahun 2008, misalnya, JPA telah menerima sebanyak 15,220 permohonan. Daripada jumlah tersebut, sebanyak 7,282 permohonan memenuhi syarat minimum yang ditetapkan sedangkan bilangan biasiswa yang ditawarkan adalah terhad iaitu sebanyak 2,000 sahaja.

Bidang pengajian yang menerima permohonan terbanyak ialah Perubatan, manakala, negara pengajian yang menjadi pilihan utama calon ialah United Kingdom, Australia dan New Zealand. Walau bagaimanapun, semua permohonan tidak boleh dipenuhi kerana tertakluk kepada kekangan kuota pelajar asing bagi bidang perubatan di universiti luar negara.

Berdasarkan pengalaman lalu, bilangan permohonan bagi tahun 2009 dijangka akan meningkat di kalangan calon yang cemerlang. Namun bilangan biasiswa yang terhad akan menjadikan PILN terus kompetitif. JPA, dengan ini, menasihatkan agar calon serta ibu bapa menerima hakikat ini dan berusaha untuk menimbangkan sumber-sumber alternatif penajaan yang lain.

Menyedari persaingan yang kompetitif dalam PILN 2009, usaha penambahbaikan terhadap kriteria pemilihan telah dimantapkan meliputi pencapaian akademik, penglibatan dalam kegiatan ko-kurikulum, sosio-ekonomi (termasuk tanggungan keluarga) dan prestasi temuduga.

Mulai tahun ini, panel temu duga dilantik daripada pegawai-pegawai Kerajaan pelbagai profesion dan kaum mengikut bidang-bidang tajaan. Misalnya, pelajar-pelajar yang memilih bidang perubatan/kesihatan akan ditemu duga oleh pegawai perubatan/pergigian/ farmasi yang terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum. Satu jawatankuasa khas akan menyelia urusan temu duga bagi memastikan pelaksanaannya telus, adil dan saksama.

Temu duga akan dijalankan secara berkumpulan mengikut bidang-bidang pengajian (misalnya perubatan/pergigian/farmasi/perubatan veterinar, kejuruteraan, sains dan teknologi dan sains sosial). Setiap satu kumpulan terdiri daripada empat orang calon dalam kelompok yang sama dan calon-calon ini akan ditemu duga dan mengadakan perbincangan mengikut topik yang diberikan oleh panel dalam Bahasa Melayu dan Bahasa Inggeris.

Seperti tahun-tahun sebelum ini, calon yang memohon untuk mengikuti program perubatan adalah diwajibkan menghadiri Program Pendedahan Kerjaya Seorang Doktor. Program ini akan dilaksanakan selama lima hari mulai 23 hingga 27 Mac 2009 di 49 buah hospital-hospital Kerajaan yang telah dikenalpasti dengan kerjasama Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia. Aspek-aspek yang didedahkan adalah seperti keadaan dan tanggungjawab seorang doktor di Jabatan Kemalangan/Kecemasan, Jabatan Pesakit Luar, Jabatan Pembedahan/ O&G/Orthopedik, pengurusan di bilik mayat, on-call dan lain-lain yang bersesuaian.

Calon-calon yang berjaya ditawarkan penajaan PILN akan mengikuti kursus persediaan di pusat-pusat pengajian yang ditetapkan oleh JPA. Calon-calon diingatkan supaya mengekalkan tahap kecemerlangan mereka kerana penajaan ke universiti-universiti di luar negara hanya akan diteruskan ke atas mereka yang mencapai had kecemerlangan (cut-off point) yang ditetapkan, rekod kehadiran kelas melebihi 90 peratus dan tiada rekod disiplin.

Calon-calon yang tidak berjaya mendapat biasiswa di bawah PILN masih berpeluang untuk mendapat tajaan JPA di IPT tempatan yang diiktiraf termasuk kampus-kampus cawangan universiti luar negara di Malaysia (University of Nottingham, Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology dan Curtin University of Technology) dan AIMST University.

Maklumat lanjut mengenai PILN 2009 akan diumumkan kemudian.

Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia
Putrajaya

26 Februari 2009

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Permohonan Tajaan PILN 2009 Bagi Lepasan SPM 2008
Permohonan Tajaan Program Ijazah Luar Negara (PILN) 2009 Bagi Lepasan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia 2008

Permohonan adalah dipelawa daripada calon-calon yang menduduki peperiksaan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2008 untuk mendapatkan tajaan Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) atau Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) bagi mengikuti pengajian di bawah Program Ijazah Luar Negara tahun 2009.

Permohonan boleh dibuat melalui aplikasi atas talian (on-line application) melalui laman web http://www.jpa.gov.my mulai tarikh keputusan SPM 2008 diumumkan secara rasmi.

Tarikh tutup permohonan tajaan Program Ijazah Luar Negara (PILN) 2009 adalah 7 hari selepas permohonan dibuka.

Maklumat lanjut mengenai program/bidang kursus, syarat-syarat permohonan dan cara memohon boleh diperoleh dengan melayari laman web http://www.jpa.gov.my mulai tarikh iklan ini disiarkan. Calon hendaklah membaca dan memahami kesemua maklumat mengenai program/bidang kursus, syarat-syarat permohonan dan cara memohon sebelum membuat permohonan.

Program Pendedahan Kerjaya Seorang Doktor di hospital-hospital Kerajaan yang terpilih di seluruh negara akan diadakan selama 5 hari mulai 23 sehingga 27 Mac 2009. Program ini diwajibkan kepada semua calon yang memohon untuk mengikuti pengajian dalam bidang perubatan di bawah tajaan JPA.

Calon-calon dikehendaki menyemak maklumat terkini mengenai permohonan melalui laman web http://www.jpa.gov.my:

Keputusan panggilan bagi mengikuti program Pendedahan Kerjaya Seorang Doktor : 18 Mac 2009
Keputusan panggilan temuduga JPA : 25 Mac 2009

Temuduga JPA akan dijalankan di beberapa pusat di seluruh negara mulai 31 Mac hingga 3 April 2009. Bagi calon yang terpilih untuk menghadiri temuduga diwajibkan untuk membawa Borang Pengesahan Pendapatan Bulanan Keluarga yang telah disahkan dan dokumen-dokumen lain yang ditetapkan.

Pelajar-pelajar yang memohon tajaan MARA boleh menyemak maklumat terkini mengenai permohonan melalui laman web http://www.mara.gov.my :

Keputusan panggilan dan maklumat temuduga MARA : 27 Mac 2009

Pertanyaan mengenai masalah teknikal semasa mengisi borang permohonan atas talian boleh dibuat dengan menghubungi talian 03-88853550 atau 03-88853559. Talian-talian ini dibuka setiap hari dari jam 8.00 pagi hingga 10.00 malam mulai tarikh keputusan SPM 2008 diumumkan secara rasmi.

Pertanyaan mengenai program tajaan JPA boleh dibuat dengan menghubungi talian 03-88853892 (10 talian), pada setiap hari bekerja mulai jam 8.00 pagi hingga 5.00 petang atau emel di alamat piln2009@jpa.gov.my

Pertanyaan mengenai program tajaan MARA boleh dibuat dengan menghubungi Bahagian Penganjuran Pelajaran MARA di talian 03-26915111 (sambungan 1133, 1109, 1120, 3623, 3624, 3629, 3620 dan 3619) pada setiap hari bekerja mulai jam 8.00 pagi hingga 5.00 petang atau emel di alamat webmaster@mara.gov.my.

Calon-calon hendaklah sentiasa melayari laman web http://www.jpa.gov.my dan laman web http://www.mara.gov.my dari semasa ke semasa untuk mengetahui perkembangan dan pengumuman terkini mengenai permohonan PILN 2009.

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Since it is Hari Raya Haji and I am staying in my room today, I feel that I should go back and look at my blog further.

I decide to look for which articles are most popular at which month.

As I only activated Google Analytics in late July, so my analysis can only be done for 4 months, August to November.

Below would be the top 10 articles for each month! This traffic is based on those who click into my specific links. So, the actual readers would actually be much more, since a lot would be reading from the main page of chenchow.blogspot.com .

Thanks to my blog reader for helping to pick up these articles! :)

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All-Time High (21st July 2008 to 30th November 2008)
1. Malaysia Budget 2009 - 821 Page Views (4 Times Top 10)
2. Past Year SPM Trial Exams - 428 Page Views (3 Times Top 10)
3. SPM Trial Exam Papers - 411 Page Views (2 Times Top 10)
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9. JobStreet.com - Forbes Asia "Best Under 1 Billion" - 193 Page Views (2 Times Top 10)
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November 2008

1. Malaysia Budget 2009 - 130 Page Views (4 Times Top 10)
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10. Teaching of Mathematics & Science in English - 49 Page Views (3 Times Top 10)

October 2008

1. SPM Trial Exam Papers - 284 Page Views (New Top 10)
2. Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) Top Universities Ranking - 183 Page Views (New Top 10)
3. Past Year SPM Trial Exams - 132 Page Views (3 Times Top 10)
4. Teaching of Mathematics & Science in English - 121 Page Views (2 Times Top 10)
5. Malaysia Budget 2009 - 112 Page Views (3 Times Top 10)
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3. JobStreet.com - Forbes Asia "Best Under 1 Billion" - 119 Page Views (New Top 10)
4. McKinsey & Company - KL & Singapore Office Recruitment - 59 Page Views (2 Times Top 10)
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Analysis of JPA Scholarships Based on Data From SPM 2007 Batch

With SPM exams over, and now a lot of people are starting to prepare for JPA Scholarships applications, I would like to share some analysis of the chances for each subject.

Thanks to chen622 from ReCom.org - The Worldwide Malaysian Students Network for the statistic and Sin Chew Jit Poh for the data.

Feel free to reproduce this analysis at your blog/forum etc, but do include a link to quote here.

As a start, we can first look at total applicants, total shortlisted for interview and total scholarships for SPM 2005, 2006 and 2007 batches.

SPM 2005 - 15,357 applicants, 5,946 interviews, 1,500 JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2006 - 12,411 applicants, 6,298 interviews, 1,800 JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2007 - 15,220 applicants, 7,282 interviews, 2,000 JPA Overseas Scholarships

If we look at % wise, then it would be:-
SPM 2005 - 38.72% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA interview
SPM 2006 - 50.75% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA interview
SPM 2007 - 47.84% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA interview

SPM 2005 - 25.23% of those who attend JPA Interview get JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2006 - 28.58% of those who attend JPA Interview get JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2007 - 27.46% of those who attend JPA Interview get JPA Overseas Scholarships

SPM 2005 - 9.77% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2006 - 14.50% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA Overseas Scholarships
SPM 2007 - 13.14% of JPA Scholarships applicants get JPA Overseas Scholarships

For those 10A1s and above and with family income below RM1,500, they are guaranteed JPA Scholarships for SPM 2007 batch. For SPM 2007 batch, 151 students successfully get this scholarships, including 117 Non bumiputera.

For SPM 2007 batch, to look deeper at the academic results of those 7,282 students who are offered JPA Scholarships interview:-
16A1s - 1 Student
15A1s - 5 Students
14A1s - 4 Students
13A1s - 36 Students
12A1s - 186 Students
11A1s - 593 Students
10A1s - 1,210 Students
9A1s - 1,464 Students
8A1s - 1,166 Students
7A1s - 971 Students
6A1s - 724 Students
5A1s - 510 Students
4A1s - 262 Students
3A1s - 120 Students
2A1s - 26 Students
1A1 - 4 Students

And a more useful information would be breakdown analysis for SPM 2007 batch, based on field of studies that the students apply for. It would show total students who apply for JPA Overseas Scholarships for that field of studies, and then total shortlisted for interview and total students who get the scholarships.

The format would be:-
Field of Study - Total Applicants - Total Interviews - Total Scholarships

Medical - 3,187 - 1,838 - 530
Pharmacy - 1,463 - 738 - 120
Dentist - 719 - 351 - 110
Engineering - 4,083 - 2,069 - 620
Accountancy - 1,075 - 380 - 70
Law - 826 - 246 - 70
Biotech - 731 - 387 - 80
Actuarial Science - 577 - 383 - 75
Humanities - 522 - 121 - 50
Science - 411 - 192 - 70
Architecture - 400 - 154 - 60
Business Adminstration - 287 - 57 - 14
Economics - 271 - 145 - 60
IT - 256 - 67 - 20
Veterinary - 139 - 65 - 14
Agricultural - 106 - 25 - 14
Quantity Surveyor - 102 - 47 - 18
City Planning - 65 - 16 - 5

Looking at it, below are the % of JPA Scholarships applicants who manage to get JPA Interview.

Actuarial Science - 66.4%
Medical - 57.7%
Economics - 53.5%
Biotech - 52.9%
Engineering - 50.7%
Pharmacy - 50.4%
Dentistry - 48.8%
Veterinary - 46.8%
Science - 46.7%
Quantity Surveyor - 46.1%
Architecture - 38.5%
Accountancy - 35.3%
Law - 29.8%
IT - 26.2%
City Planning - 24.6%
Agriculture - 23.6%
Humanities - 23.2%
Business Administration - 19.9%

How about the % of those who get the JPA Overseas Scholarships among those who attended the interview?

Agriculture - 56.0%
Economics - 41.4%
Humanities - 41.3%
Architecture - 39.0%
Quantity Surveyor - 38.3%
Science - 36.5%
Dentistry - 31.3%
City Planning - 31.3%
Engineering - 30.0%
IT - 29.9%
Medical - 28.8%
Law - 28.5%
Business Administrations - 21.6%
Veterinary - 21.5%
Biotech - 20.7%
Actuarial Science - 19.6%
Accountancy - 18.4%
Pharmacy - 16.3%

In overall, what is the chance of someone who apply for a field of study and end up getting JPA Overseas Scholarships?

Economics - 22.1%
Quantity Surveyor - 17.6%
Science - 17.0%
Medical - 16.6%
Dentist - 15.3%
Engineering - 15.2%
Architecture - 15.0%
Agriculture - 13.2%
Actuarial Science - 13.0%
Biotech - 10.9%
Veterinary - 10.1%
Humanities - 9.6%
Law - 8.5%
Pharmacy - 8.2%
IT - 7.8%
City Planning - 7.7%
Accountancy - 6.5%
Business Administration - 4.9%

Hope that this info would be useful to students from SPM 2008 and beyond who are aiming for JPA Overseas Scholarships. Would encourage you guys to use the resources available at ReCom.org - The Worldwide Malaysian Students Network and Tin Kosong .

This analysis is posted at ReCom.org - The Worldwide Malaysian Students Network .

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Additional JPA Scholarships for SPM 2007

Thanks to my blog reader for highlighting this to me.

This is regarding JPA Scholarships for SPM Leavers 2007. It has pretty clear criteria. However, I would think that the list of universities for US should include a few other very reputable ones, like MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Berkeley etc, and not just the 8 Ivy League.

The link is quoted from JPA's Website

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PENAJAAN TAMBAHAN PELAJAR
LEPASAN SIJIL PELAJARAN MALAYSIA 2007

1. Mulai tahun 2008, Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam akan menawarkan penajaan
tambahan untuk pelajar–pelajar yang cemerlang bagi mengikuti pengajian di
dalam dan luar negara. Permohonan adalah dipelawa daripada calon-calon
untuk mendapatkan tajaan JPA seperti berikut:

a. Program Luar Negara
i) Pelajar-pelajar yang sedang atau mendapat tawaran untuk mengikuti
pengajian Tahun I peringkat ijazah pertama di universiti-universiti Ivy
League atau setara.

b. Program Dalam Negara
i) Pelajar-pelajar SPM 2007 yang mendapat 9A dan ke atas yang sedang
mengikuti pengajian di Tingkatan 6 di Sekolah Bantuan Penuh Kerajaan,
Pusat Matrikulasi di bawah Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia, Pusat
Asasi Sains Universiti Malaya dan Universiti Islam Antarabangsa atau
Pusat Matrikulasi / Asasi Sains lain di bawah Institusi Pengajian Tinggi
Awam;

ii) Pelajar-pelajar yang sedang atau mendapat tawaran untuk mengikuti
pengajian Tahun I peringkat ijazah pertama yang diiktiraf oleh Kerajaan
Malaysia di kampus cawangan University of Nottingham, Monash
University, Swinburne University dan Curtin University of Technology di
Malaysia;

2. Program dan institusi-institusi yang ditaja adalah seperti berikut:

PROGRAM INSTITUSI

Tingkatan 6 Sekolah-Sekolah Bantuan Penuh Kerajaan
Matrikulasi Pusat-Pusat Matrikulasi di bawah Kementerian
Pelajaran Malaysia

Asasi Sains
i) Pusat Asasi Sains UM (PASUM)
ii) Pusat Asasi Undang-undang UiTM
iii) Pusat Asasi UIA
iv) Pusat Asasi Farmasi UiTM
v) Pusat Asasi Sains UiTM
vi) Pusat Asasi TESL UiTM
vii) Pusat Asasi Sains Pertanian UPM
viii) Pusat Tamhidi USIM

Ijazah Pertama
i) Nottingham University
ii) Monash University
iii) Curtin University of Technology
iv) Swinburne University

Ijazah Pertama
Ivy League Univesities
i) Brown University
ii) Cornell University
iii) Columbia University
iv) Dartmouth University
v) Harvard University
vi) Yale University
vii) Princeton University
viii) University of Pennsylvania

Ijazah Pertama
British Top Universities
i) Cambridge University
ii) Oxford University
iii) Imperial College London
iv) London School of Economics
v) University College London

JPA hanya akan menaja bidang-bidang yang diiktiraf oleh Kerajaan
Malaysia sahaja.

3. SYARAT-SYARAT PERMOHONAN
(a) Syarat-syarat Asas
(i) Warganegara Malaysia;
(ii) Umur tidak melebihi 20 tahun pada 31 Disember 2008;
(iii) Mendapat sekurang-kurangnya gred 2A dalam Bahasa
Melayu,Sejarah dan Pendidikan Islam/ Pendidikan Al-Quran
dan As-Sunnah / Pendidikan Syariah Islamiah / Pendidikan
Moral serta mana-mana 6 matapelajaran berikut;
Fizik, Kimia, Biologi, Matematik Tambahan, Bahasa Inggerís,
Matematik, Prinsip Akaun, Perdagangan, Pengajian
Keusahawanan, Ekonomi Asas, EST, Geografi, Teknologi
Maklumat, Bahasa Arab Tinggi, Bahasa Arab Komunikasi,
Tasawur Islam, Pendidikan Seni;
(iii) Mempunyai kesihatan yang baik dan tidak mengidap penyakitpenyakit
kritikal seperti Hepatitis, Aids, HIV dan sebagainya;
(iv) Mendapat tempat ke Tingkatan 6 atau Pusat Matrikulasi di bawah
Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia atau Pusat Asasi Universiti
Malaya atau Pusat Matrikulasi / Asasi Sains lain di bawah Institusi
Pengajian Tinggi Awam atau University of Nottingham, Monash
University, Swinburne University dan Curtin University of
Technology di Malaysia atau universiti-universiti Ivy League di
Amerika Syarikat dan universiti-universiti terkemuka di United
Kingdom atau setara;
(b) Syarat Khusus Bagi Permohonan Program Ijazah Pertama di
Nottingham University, Monash University, Curtin University of
Technology dan Swinburne University, Program Ivy League
Universities dan setara
(i) Calon-calon yang menerima tawaran di 4 kampus cawangan di
Malaysia disyaratkan memperolehi keputusan seperti berikut:
Kelayakan Keputusan
A-Level 12 Mata
South Australian Matriculatin (SAM) 90 %
Australian Matriculation (AUSMAT) 90 %
International Baccalaureate (IB) 33 mata
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ii) Calon-calon yang menerima tawaran ke universiti Ivy League
disyaratkan memperolehi keputusan Scholastic Aptitude Test I
(SAT I) sekurang-kurangnya 1,400 mata bagi Critical Reading dan
Matematik, dan markah TOEFL sekurang-kurangnya 105 (Internet
Base Test).
iii) Calon-calon yang menerima tawaran ke universiti terkemuka
United Kingdom disyaratkan memperolehi Gred A dalam
sekurang-kurangnya 3 matapelajaran dalam peperiksaan ALevel,
atau 40 mata dalam peperiksaan International Baccalaureate
(IB), dan markah IELTS sekurang-kurangnya 7.0.

4. BIDANG TAJAAN
BIL. BIDANG CONTOH
1. Perubatan - Perubatan, Pergigian, Farmasi,
Perubatan Veterinar
2. Sains Tulen - Fizik, Kimia, Biologi, Matematik, Sains
Hayat
3. Sains Gunaan - Pertanian, Perhutanan, Bioteknologi/
Sains Makanan, Perikanan/Sains
Samudera, Alam Sekitar, Teknologi
Maklumat
4. Teknologi - Kejuruteraan, Teknologi Industri, Seni
Bina, Ukur Bahan/Tanah, Perancangan
Bandar dan Wilayah
5. Sastera - Sastera Dan Sains Sosial, Pengajian
Islam/Syariah/Usuluddin, Kemanusiaan/
Kemasyarakatan, Komunikasi, Bahasa,
Sains Pembangunan
6. Sastera Ikhtisas - Ekonomi/Perniagaan Tani, Pengurusan
Perniagaan/Pentadbiran Awam,
Perakaunan, Undang-undang,
Pengajian Kuantitatif, Pengurusan,
Sains Perpustakaan dan Maklumat

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5. CALON-CALON YANG TIDAK LAYAK MEMOHON
(i) Pelajar-pelajar yang tidak memenuhi syarat-syarat kelayakan
asas dan khusus yang ditetapkan.
(ii) Pelajar-pelajar yang telah mendapat penajaan lain untuk melanjutkan
pengajian

6. TEMPOH KONTRAK
Pemohon yang menerima tawaran biasiswa tajaan Jabatan Perkhidmatan
Awam dikehendaki berkhidmat dengan kerajaan dan sekiranya enggan,
tuntutan ganti rugi akan dikenakan. Tempoh berkhidmat dengan Kerajaan
dan amaun tuntutan ganti rugi adalah seperti di bawah:

Tempoh Berkhidmat dengan kerajaan ialah 4 tahun untuk bukan professional dan 6 tahun untuk professional bagi kursus 4 tahun atau kurang. Jika kursus melebihi 4 tahun, tempoh berkhidmat ditambah setahun.

Untuk kursus perubatan dan pergigian, tempoh berkhidmat ialah 10 tahun.

Untuk tuntutan ganti rugi, bagi IPTA, ialah RM110,000 untuk kursus 4 tahun atau kurang. RM130,000 untuk kursus melebihi 4 tahun, dan RM250,000 untuk kursus perubatan dan pergigian.

Untuk IPTS, tuntutan ganti rugi adalah berdasarkan kos sebenar.

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*Catatan: Kursus profesional meliputi kursus-kursus seperti perubatan,
pergigian, farmasi, perubatan veterinar, kejuruteraan, seni bina,
perakaunan, kejururawatan, undang-undang, penilaian harta,
ukur bahan dan ukur tanah.
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7. CARA MEMOHON
Permohonan boleh dibuat secara dalam talian (on-line) sahaja.
Permohonan adalah percuma. Cara memohon adalah seperti berikut:
(i) pemohon hendaklah mendaftar untuk mendapatkan kata laluan
percuma melalui talian di http://esila.jpa.gov.my mulai tarikh iklan
dikeluarkan;
(ii) pemohon yang telah berdaftar boleh mengemukakan permohonan
mulai tarikh iklan dikeluarkan. Untuk mendapatkan maklumat lanjut,
sila layari http://esila.jpa.gov.my atau http://www.jpa.gov.my.;
(iii) pemohon dibenarkan menghantar satu permohonan sahaja tetapi
dibenarkan mengakses untuk mengemaskini atau meminda sebelum
tarikh tutup permohonan. Hanya permohonan yang terkini sahaja
diambil kira sebagai penerimaan permohonan;
(iv) borang permohonan dalam talian yang dimuat turun, dicetak dan
dihantar melalui pos tidak akan diproses;
(v) permohonan secara dalam talian tidak memerlukan penghantaran
salinan sijil-sijil, kecuali dinyatakan dalam “Slip Pemohonan Penajaan
Tambahan SPM 2007”;
vi) pemohon hendaklah memastikan proses permohonan telah sempurna
dengan mencetak “Slip Pemohonan Penajaan Tambahan SPM 2007”
sebagai bukti permohonan telah dibuat;
(vii) pertanyaan mengenai masalah teknikal semasa mengisi borang
permohonan dalam talian boleh dibuat dengan menghubungi talian 03-
8885 3550. Talian ini dibuka setiap hari dari jam 8.00 pagi hingga 5.00
petang (Isnin – Jumaat); dan
(viii) pertanyaan mengenai program tajaan boleh dibuat dengan
menghubungi talian 03-8885 3049 (10 talian) pada setiap hari bekerja
mulai jam 8.00 pagi hingga 5.00 petang atau e-mel di alamat
esila@jpa.gov.my.
8. TARIKH TUTUP PERMOHONAN
Tarikh tutup permohonan ialah pada 14 Jun 2008. Permohonan yang
diterima selepas tarikh tersebut tidak akan dilayan.
TAMAT

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3,000 appeal for this year's JPA Scholarships

Thanks to my blog reader for this article.

This is quoted from NST

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3,000 to know PSD outcome next month
By : Deborah Loh

PUTRAJAYA: The Public Service Department (PSD) has received 3,000 appeals from post Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) students who failed to get scholarships for studies abroad.

The decisions on the appeals will be made next month, PSD director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam said yesterday.

Most of those rejected scored low marks in the interview and had less active co-curricular records.

"They were bright academically but many could not carry themselves with confidence during the interview.

"So many students are getting straight As now that academic performance is taken for granted, so the tipping point lies in the confidence a student displays," he said.

More than 6,000 SPM students last year scored 9As or more.

"Students who get rejected look at their string of As and wonder why they didn't get the scholarship.

"But the fact is, there are so many others like them who are top scorers," Ismail said.

He also said the PSD would consider stating the reasons for rejection in future applications.

A common complaint by rejected students is that no reasons were given for their failure to obtain the scholarship.

Of the 2,000 successful recipients, 151 of them were put on the "fast lane", or given priority because of their academic record and economic background.

"We immediately shortlisted them because they got 10 1As and were from poor families earning below RM1,500 a month.

"Of the 151, 117 were non-Bumiputeras and 34 were Bumiputeras.

"We accepted it as that and we did not try to adjust anything," he said at a briefing on the PSD's foreign and local scholarships programme.

The cost of funding these 2,000 students overseas for the next five years is RM1.7 billion.

Ismail also explained why the government could not offer more overseas scholarships.

"We are constrained by the quota that foreign universities have for international students.

"Also, medical degrees from certain countries like the United States and Japan are not recognised here.

"So, we are limited in the number of places we can secure overseas," he said. It's not the end of the road or of the world for dejected applicants, Ismail added.

"The PSD has other avenues for local scholarships and for going abroad.

"But students have to work hard."

They are:

- scholarships for those who secure places in Ivy League universities;

- 10,000 scholarships available for SPM 2007 school-leavers to study in local universities;

- scholarships up to the completion of a first degree for those with a minimum of 9As in SPM, who enter Form Six or matriculation. Their Form Six or matriculation fees will be waived and a monthly allowance will be provided.

- scholarships for those completing their A-Levels in private colleges this year, who secured places (in critical fields only) in local branch campuses of Monash University, Nottingham University, Curtin University of Technology and Swinburne University.

More information and online applications through the PSD's website would be provided next month.


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JPA Scholarships

Thanks to my loyal blog reader for sharing this.

This is quoted fully from NST

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NAZRI: Fairer distributiion of scholarships for studies abroad from this year
BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, WED:

There is fairer distribution of Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships for all races for degree studies abroad from this year, with 1,100 going to Bumiputeras and 900 to non-Bumiputeras.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said the breakdown was 55 percent and 45 percent respectively, compared with only 10 percent for non-Bumiputera students previously.

He said from the 15,220 applicants for scholarships under the programme, 7,282 were called for interviews and only those who could meet the criteria were selected for the scholarships.

The criteria is academic achievement (70 percent), co-curricular involvement (10), family background (10) and interview (10).

Nazri disclosed this when winding up the debate at the committee level on the Supplementary Supply Bill 2008 (2007) in the Dewan Rakyat here today.

— MORE PARLIAMENT-WINDING-UP (PSD) 2 (LAST) KUALA LUMPUR

He said the PSD sponsorship was for students who had obtained places at Ivy League universities and other institutions of the same level abroad or students doing first degree programmes at foreign university branch campuses in Malaysia, such as Monash University, Nottingham University, Curtin University and Swinburne University.

From this year too, those who obtained 9A’s and above in the 2007 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, would receive PSD scholarships to do Form Six at government schools, or matriculation or basic science course at public higher learning institutions, he added.

Nazri said at the moment, the government had no intention of increasing the number of the scholarships as the scheme depended on the government’s financial capacity.

He said the graduands abroad who chose to work there would indirectly help lessen the unemployment problem in Malaysia.

"They would also have the advantage of gaining experience and enhancing their skills by the time they return home,” he added.

The Dewan Rakyat then passed the Supplementary Bill for the PSD involving an allocation of RM60 million.



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JPA US Scholarships

Students who successfully obtain JPA Scholarships are informed in these two days of the country that they were being sent, as well as the course and where they would be doing their preparatory program.

So, these days, ReCom.org is definitely a hive of activity there. To all those of you from SPM 2007, who successfully gotten JPA Overseas Scholarships (or other scholarships for that matter), hope that you could share your contact at ReCom Scholarship Infobase .

This year, for those who got into US Program, they are being sent to INTEC, Inti, as well as Taylor's. Seems like a lot more are being sent to Inti.

As of now, from ReCom.org, I manage to find the following are those who got into US Program.

hikaru - Inti - Econ
wyarn - Inti
kaera - Inti - Computer Science/IT
eM-syaph - INTEC - biotech
smile! - Inti - Actuarial Science
onejun - inti - econ
Bernardcss
milogal - Inti - psychology
passOUT - Taylor's - Arts & Humanities
qwerkie - intec - engineering
abyssesour - Inti - economics
insertusername - Taylor's - Arts & Humanities
xiaobailong - inti - computer science
chen622 - Inti - Actuarial science
ntyf - Inti - Econ
989Lee - Business Administration
castle - Inti - Engineering
Beatles - Inti - Engineering
Josh Loo - INTEC
GunbladerQ - INTEC
Jeryliza - Inti

Please post your questions at ReCom - US Bound thread.

Congratulations! Hope that you guys would try your best to be at USA For Students , an American Universities Education Fair at Wisma MCA on 14th June 2008 10am to 4pm. 40+ US Universities would be there, including 7 of the 8 Ivy League.



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JPA Scholarships - Interview with Tan Sri Ismail Adam

Thanks to my blog reader for submitting this.

This is an article that helps clear everyone's mind on JPA Scholarships, from the Director General, Tan Sri Ismail Adam himself.

This is quoted from NST

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Brilliant school-leavers: there's good news and there's bad news. The bad news is, 9 A1s may not be enough to get you a Public Service Department scholarship to study overseas. The competition is stiff and the application is over-subscribed by over 700 per cent. The good news is, you can still apply for a scholarship to study locally, and it's quite easy to get. ANIZA DAMIS speaks to Public Service director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam.

Q: Can you explain the PSD scholarship offer to all students who get 9As?

A: Sometimes, the press provides a certain perspective that can be misunderstood by honest people, like on May 2 when the chief secretary issued a statement which says, among others, that students who got 9As in the 2007 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia exam will be offered scholarships, from Form Six until the first degree, locally.

Q: Locally?

A: That was the statement.

The PSD offers two kinds of scholarships. One is for the overseas degree programme and the other is for the local degree programme.

On May 11, we published on our website the results of people who have succeeded in getting the overseas scholarship.

The overseas programme is very competitive. The criteria is 70 points for academic excellence, 10 points for interview, 10 points for family economic background and 10 points for co-curricular activities.

But after the announcement, you see in another English daily a lot of people complaining the government promised that those with 9As can get scholarship. Nine 9As is for local studies. Not foreign.

For the foreign degree programme, you may get 11 A1s. This means you get 70 marks for academic excellence. But you may lose out in the other 30 points.

You may lose out if your father earns RM50,000 a month — you’ll probably get two points out of 10.

If you get 11 A1s and your father is earning RM3,000 a month and you want to do engineering or medicine, probably you’ll get it.

So, academic excellence alone does not guarantee a scholarship.

That newspaper said students with 12 A1s and 11 A1s are not getting the scholarship. But that 11 A1s only qualifies you for 70 per cent (of the evaluation score).

Q: Just how competitive is it?

A: For the overseas degree programme, we have 2,000 places.

Q: And how many applicants did you get for the 2,000 scholarships?

A: More than 15,000. And of this, half — 7,500 — made the cut.

Q: How did you filter them?

A: If you want to do medicine, you must have at least A2 for biology. If you get B3, you’re out. You should refer to our website for some details. That’s how they get screened out.

The 7,500 who are fighting for the 2,000 places get full marks for academic excellence.

For co-curricular activities, if you are just a member (of a society), it’s not enough. Other students represent the country, so surely they will get 10 points. Being a school prefect may get you five points.

And then, the interview. Sometimes, an academically good student may not perform well in an interview. We ask questions to assess their level of general knowledge. Let’s say, “What is your opinion of the development of sports in Malaysia?” If you don’t read the newspaper, you won’t know that our football team is number 140-whatever in the world ranking.

They will get two or three students to discuss the issues (in front of the interviewers) and we will observe. We are going to spend a lot of money on these students. So, they are our investment.

If we don’t get good students (it will be a waste). Even then, out of the 2,000, there will be some failures; as with any other investment.

Q: How do we get these students to come back after they’ve completed their studies?

A: We have a contract and (if they don’t come back) they have to pay.

Before 2003, if you broke your bond, you or your guarantor had to pay. The amount was less than what was spent on you. But now, the penalty is the actual cost (of what was spent on the student).

So, before this, if you were doing medicine, you had to pay RM160,000, which is less than a year’s scholarship. We spend RM1.2 million for each medical student.

But over 90 per cent of our students come back. The ones who don’t come back are mostly medical students. If they don’t come back, we get their guarantors.

Q: How many students have applied for local scholarships?

A: We will only open the applications in June. For local studies, we don’t have much of a problem. We offer 10,000 scholarships. And it’s not that popular. This is a trend we have noticed.

Local education is highly subsidised, unless you do medicine.

If you do economics or law, it’s not that expensive. But if you take a government scholarship, you’ve got to serve the government for five years.

So, some of these students get their fathers to pay. Then they don’t have to serve the government. That’s why it’s easier to get (the scholarship) because it’s not so competitive.

The requirement for a local scholarship is 80 points for academic excellence and 20 points for parents’ economic background. That’s all. And you must have secured a place in a local university.

It must be a critical subject. We don’t give scholarships for every subject. It’s medicine, engineering, dentistry, economics, law, psychology and so on.

Q: What about the case of K. Kamine Devi from Sitiawan, who had 10 A1s and who had applied for a scholarship to study medicine overseas, and didn’t get a scholarship? And she did not get a place for matriculation in a local university. So, what does a person have to do to get a PSD scholarship?

A: There are also others besides PSD. There’s Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Mara, Petronas and other companies that a student can apply to.

The foreign degree programme has 2,000 places, as mentioned earlier. This is for critical areas like medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, engineering, biotechnology and selective social sciences. And the criteria is 70,10,10,10.

Then we have local scholarships. Beginning this year, those who have 9As and are in Form Six or matriculation are eligible for sponsorship right through their first degree. If they don’t get into university, that’s it. It ends at Form Six or matriculation.

There is another avenue, but it is a longer road. From this year, any Malaysian who gets into an Ivy League university (in the United States) or Oxford and Cambridge (in Britain) or the Group of Eight in Australia, will be sponsored by the government, but again, in specified fields of study.

If you didn’t do well in SPM, you still have a chance. Do A-Levels and work your butt off and get into Harvard, and a scholarship will be waiting for you.

There’s another package. If you get into a local foreign university (a foreign university that has a Malaysian campus) — Nottingham, Monash, Curtin and Swinburne — you are also eligible for a PSD scholarship.

So, there are a lot of avenues.

Of course, the “jewel” is the foreign degree programme.

I was told by the Education Ministry that 6,262 students scored straight As last year. The competition is great.

A mother emailed me that the son did well but didn’t get a PSD scholarship. So I called her. I found out that her son is a pure science student but wants to do accountancy. He didn’t do accounting in Form Five.

I told her to check with her son whether he would consider doing engineering. But he refused. So, since he is doing his A-Levels, I told him to do it very well and go to an Ivy League university, and we will sponsor him. So, that is what he is targeting now.

The alternatives are there, as never before.

Q: What about post-graduate studies? The PSD only offers scholarships for post-graduate studies to graduates who are first degree PSD scholars.

A: I know. Somebody complained. We have an excellence programme for PSD scholars who do well (first-class) in areas that the government requires.

But we also have the Agong’s Scholarship for a dozen people.

This is for the crème de la crème. We get special people to do the selecting. It’s for Malaysians studying locally or abroad.

First-class is the basic requirement. They can go anywhere in the world. They get double the allowance.

One day, a deputy minister called me: “Please help me. My daughter applied for the Agong’s Scholarship. She’s first-class.”

I said: “YB, everybody (applying) is first-class.”

If they are successful, they get a letter from the king. They have an audience with the king. If you look at them, you know they are brilliant. Not everybody can talk to the king without stammering.

The selection process is very tough. And when they come back, they don’t have to work for the government. But they have to work for the country.

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Details of JPA Scholarships

Article in The Star today on JPA Scholarships:-

Full article quoted from The Star

Number of students who get JPA for Overseas Scholarships:-
2000 - 748
2001 - 761
2002 - 1249
2003 - 1643
2004 - 1484
2005 - 1300
2006 - 1500
2007 - 1800
2008 - 2000

Number of students who get JPA for Local Scholarships
2000 - 3763
2001 - 9692
2002 - 7266
2003 - 4747
2004 - 4424
2005 - 5286
2006 - 5753
2007 - 7855
2008 - 10000

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Government cannot afford to offer all high-achievers a scholarship for overseas studies, said the Public Services Department (PSD).

“The most common misunderstanding is that academic excellence will guarantee them scholarship. However, the fact is that many excellent students have to compete for a limited number of scholarships and those awarded will be the 'cream of the crop',” said PSD Director-General Tan Sri Ismail Adam in an e-mail interview with Sunday Star.

This past week saw many disgruntled high achievers who had their application for PSD scholarships under its Foreign Degree Programme rejected.

Only 2,000 scholarships were available for studies abroad but a total of 15,217 applications were received, out of which 7,253 were called for interview.

PSD advised those who had failed there to apply for a scholarship under its local programme. A total of 10,000 scholarships for local programmes will be on offer online next month, but many students, especially the non-Malays, are worried about their chances.

On Friday, MIC secretary-general Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said all students who score 10A1s and above in the SPM examination should automatically be offered PSD scholarships after some 140 top students who failed to clinch a scholarship under the Foreign Degree Programme approached him for support.

Ismail, however, stressed that scholarships are a privilege provided by the government rather than a right, highlighting how the growing number of students obtaining straight As in their SPMover the years has made it tougher for the Government to select deserving recipients for PSD scholarships.

According to a PSD source, the trend of students doing more than 12 subjects for their SPM has also pushed the academic criteria up.

This year, for example, although the criteria set was lower, in the selection process, the committee had to push their academic criteria to a minimum of 13A1 in their selection process.

Subramaniam, who is also Human Resources Minister, said the lack of transparency in the awarding of scholarships was a problem, as some students alleged bias towards bumiputra students.

PSD denied the allegations saying 1,100 scholarships for overseas study went to bumiputras and 900 to non-bumiputras this year.

Ismail also said that students who obtained 9As in the 2007 SPM examination were eligible for an automatic local scholarship to pursue Form 6 right up to a degree at a local university or institution of higher learning.




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Survey Report on 2008 JPA Scholarship [Accepted Scholars]

Thanks to runninghorse from ReCom.org - The Worldwide Malaysian Students Network who did a small sampling (56 out of 2,000 JPA Scholars) this year on their results and various info distribution.

It is reproduced below.

Survey Report on 2008 JPA Scholarship [Accepted Scholars]

Total Participants: 56

Scholar's status
Bumi (including bumi Sabah and Sarawak): 15 [26.79%]
Non-Bumi : 41 [73.21%]

SPM result (exclude GCE O-Level)
Straight A1: 18 [32.14%]
Staraight As
10A1 and above: 16 [28.57%]
below 10A1 : 11 [19.64%]
Mixture of As and Bs: 11 [19.64%]

GCE O-Level
A1: 29 [51.79%]
A2: 17 [30.36%]
B3: 6 [10.71%]
B4: 4 [7.14%]

Family income
> RM 1500: 45 [80.36%]
< RM 1500: 11 [19.64%]

Course applied
Medicine : 11 [19.64%]
Dentistry : 7 [12.5%]
Pharmacy : 7 [12.5%]
Engineering : 7 [12.5%]
Actuarial Science : 4 [7.14%]
Humanity/Social Science: 4 [7.14%]
Biotechnology : 4 [7.14%]
Accountancy : 4 [7.14%]
Pure Science : 2 [3.57%]
Economy : 2 [3.57%]
IT/Computer Science : 1 [1.79%]
Architecture : 1 [1.79%]
Law : 1 [1.79%]
Quantity Survey : 1 [1.79%]

If you are JPA Scholars SPM 2007 batches, please respond there, to make the survey more representative.

Thank you.


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12,000 grants for SPM Top Scorers

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This is quoted from NST

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12,000 grants for SPM Top Scorers

KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Service Department (PSD) is offering 12,000 scholarships to outstanding students who sat the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination last year.

Of the total, 2,000 scholarships are offered under the foreign degree programme and another 10,000 under the local degree programme.

The list of successful applicants for the Foreign Degree Programme was posted on the PSD website on May 11.

Unsuccessful candidates have up to May 17 to submit their appeal online.

Of the 15,217 applicants who applied for scholarships under the foreign degree programme, 7,253 were called for interviews.

Selection was based on academic excellence (70 per cent), socio-economic background (10 per cent), performance at the interview (10 per cent) and co-curricular activities (10 per cent).

The PSD said that due to the limited number of scholarships available, a small number of academically-outstanding students was unsuccessful in its application.

However, students who gain admission to Ivy League-standard foreign universities would also be sponsored. Iinformation will be posted online at www.jpa.gov.my by early next month. Applications can also be made then.

Under the local degree programme, successful applicants will be sponsored to pursue diploma and degree courses in local institutions of higher learning.

It was announced yesterday that SPM holders are eligible for scholarships for diploma programmes. Those pursuing diploma, matriculation, Sijil Persekolahan Tinggi Malaysia and Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia are eligible for degree programme scholarships.

Applicants for the programme must have secured an admission to a degree programme, and will be judged on academic excellence (80 per cent) and socio-economic background (20 per cent).



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Congrats to ReComers who get JPA Scholarships!

Congrats to all the fellow ReComers who have successfully gotten JPA Scholarships! Happy for you all, but I would like to really request that all of you, do come back to share at ReCom.org! I am not sure whether any of you benefit from what you learn through ReCom.org, but I really hope that you could help to contribute towards the sharing within ReCom.org! This would help other students in learning, especially for future years! Do definitely hope to see more ReComers to key in their particulars at ReCom Scholarship InfoBase , so that other students can benefit from it.

The list of ReComers who get JPA Scholarships (I only manage to go through the threads from Page 52 to 88).


abyssesour
ah_seng (dentistry)
ainin (architechture)
aitheng (quantity surveying)
anderson (pharmacy)
annarina (medicine)
artistic1412 (biotech)
blursylvia (dentistry)
castle (engineering)
cawei (medicine)
Chang Ai Theng
Charlotte.JL (pure science)
chen622 (Actuarial Science)
chunkeng (medicine)
clep (biotech)
CX3 (dentistry)
cuteranger (accountancy)
dya_me
tie.... (Science)
ernc (pergigian)
ev3rspriNg
eve3
GunbladerQ (engineering)
herm (dentistry)
jace (dentistry)
Jasa (medicine)
jessylicious
jun (Germany engineering)
jun_mei (medicine)
kaera (IT/CS)
kongchiahan (germany engineering)
matchgirl
minic00per
nana90 (dentistry)
ntyf (economics)
passOUT
phoenix1892
powerleakin
qwerkie
shakira (accountancy)
shawn_paul (dentistry)
sherenesheep
shuxian (medicine/applied science)
skyrainbow
smile! (actuarial science)
sopie
starleton (humanities)
vaanbalthier
Vidthiya (Actuarial Science)
vimal06
yenkee (medicine)
yummyummylicious (dentistry)
yvonne90 (medicine)
zhannaC (law)

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