Sybreon Ones Nought

Education scholarships. Our government disburses many of them through its many agencies and government linked companies. We are fortunate in that we have one of the most generous national governments, when it comes to educational funding. However, there are many things about these scholarships that trigger an emotional response when people talk about them. This reminds me of a TehTarik session that we once had where someone, who ...

The recent suggestion by our Selangor MB that UiTM (Universiti Teknologi MARA) open up it's doors to people of other races and foreigners, has been met with all kinds of responses. To those who do not know, UiTM is pretty much a single-ethnic university, which was founded by MARA, a government agency created to funnel direct aid to a specific race. So, suggesting that the university turn away ...

I've just recently read an article in TheStar about something that is usually bandied about as meritocracy. Then, there has been a recent blog entry that showed the results of the "meritocracy" based university entry system that was imposed several years ago. meritocracy n 1: a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects 2: ...

Annual scholarship rejection time. This is a drama that our country goes through every year and personally, I'm getting a little sick of it all. There is a problem and the problem needs fixing. Let's put on my engineering hat and try to figure out what to do with it. According to TheStar, the PSD DG said: The most common misunderstanding is that academic excellence will guarantee them scholarship. However, ...

Seems like a recent development, but the Public Services Department, has announced that they will be offering scholarships to anyone, who scored 9As and above, in last year's SPM examinations. In addition, anyone who manages to secure a place in a top international university, will also be given scholarships. All this is regardless of background. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing overall. Something ...

I've recently read a blog (here and here) about the problems facing students who take the Chinese language paper for SPM examinations. The blog discussed the perceived problems with the difficulties in scoring a 1A in the exam, which leads to students losing opportunities for scholarships. So, I did a little bit of haphazard research and I found that there are bigger problems in the issue than just ...