{"id":11377,"date":"2026-06-15T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propp.my\/?p=11377"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:33:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:33:56","slug":"ptptn-ekasih-childrens-scholarship-allocation-increased-to-rm210m-will-benefit-10000-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/ptptn-ekasih-childrens-scholarship-allocation-increased-to-rm210m-will-benefit-10000-students","title":{"rendered":"PTPTN eKasih Children\u2019s Scholarship allocation increased to RM210m, will benefit 10,000 students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11377\" class=\"elementor elementor-11377\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5aeaef5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"5aeaef5c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a93a47\" data-id=\"6a93a47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39814a43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39814a43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg font-bitter\"><address class=\"location-block\">\n<p>KULAI, June 14 \u2014 The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) has allocated RM210 million under the PTPTN eKasih Children\u2019s Scholarship (PTPTN BAeK), benefiting 10,000 students from poor and hardcore poor families.<\/p>\n<p>Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said the allocation is a significant increase from the RM120 million announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim under Budget 2026 last October, which was expected to benefit 5,800 recipients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the latest announcement in the Malaysia Higher Education Plan (RPTM) 2026-2035, the number of beneficiaries of this free education initiative has been increased to 10,000 from low-income families,\u201d he said after presenting PTPTN BAeK awards to two recipients in Johor.<\/p>\n<p>Also present were PTPTN chairman Datuk Seri Norliza Abdul Rahim, chief executive Ahmad Dasuki Abdul Majid and Johor PTPTN State Office director Mazni Ruslan.<\/p>\n<p>Zambry said eligible recipients must be registered in the eKasih database and enrolled full-time in Diploma or Bachelor\u2019s Degree programmes at public higher education institutions (IPTA) from Jan 1 this year.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged the public and IPTAs to inform PTPTN of students who may qualify for the scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Norliza said as of May 31, the scholarship had benefited 402 students nationwide, involving RM8.79 million in allocations since its introduction this year.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarship is open to Malaysian students aged 25 and below who are enrolled in PTPTN-registered courses, have an active Simpan SSPN account, no outstanding loan arrears and at least one semester remaining in their studies.<\/p>\n<p>Recipients will receive RM4,750 annually for Diploma studies, RM6,180 for Bachelor\u2019s Degree (Arts) programmes and RM6,650 for Bachelor\u2019s Degree (Science) programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Norliza said students must first apply for a PTPTN loan through the myPTPTN web application. The loan will be approved first to ensure they can continue their studies, before being considered for the scholarship if they meet the eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Successful applicants will be notified via email and the myPTPTN application. They must submit the offer documents at any PTPTN counter within 14 days of receiving the offer letter. Scholarship payments will be made every semester.<\/p>\n<p>Among the recipients were Alin Nairien Wong Mohd Allif Wong, 20, and Muhammad Amar Khoo Arif Khoo, 21, who said the scholarship would ease their families\u2019 financial burden and help them focus on their studies.<\/p>\n<p>Alin Nairien, from Tanjung Sedili near Kota Tinggi and a Diploma in Event Management student at Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan (PIS), said she relies on the income of her mother and eldest brother following her father\u2019s death in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis scholarship eases the burden on my mother and brother. It also motivates me to study harder and make them proud one day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Amar, a Cyber Security degree student at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), expressed appreciation to the government and PTPTN, saying the scholarship would help reduce the financial burden on his father, who supports him and his two siblings.<\/p>\n<p>The PTPTN BAeK scholarship presentation programme will continue in Melaka next week, with two recipients set to receive the award. \u2014 Bernama<\/p>\n<\/address><\/div>\n<pre><i>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaymail.com\/news\/malaysia\/2026\/06\/14\/ptptn-ekasih-childrens-scholarship-allocation-increased-to-rm210m-will-benefit-10000-students\/223708\">https:\/\/www.malaymail.com\/news\/malaysia\/2026\/06\/14\/ptptn-ekasih-childrens-scholarship-allocation-increased-to-rm210m-will-benefit-10000-students\/223708<\/a><\/i><\/pre>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said the allocation is a significant increase from the RM120 million announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim under Budget 2026 last October, which was expected to benefit 5,800 recipients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-11377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11377"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11397,"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11377\/revisions\/11397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propp.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}