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SHAH ALAM: The Selangor state government has blamed its Barisan Nasional predecessor for the lack of non-Malays obtaining education loans from Yayasan Selangor.
Exco for education Halimah Ali said since 2000, more Malay students had received the loans compared to their non-Malay counterparts.
“This was because of the lack of information and publicity,” she told a press conference here.
She said Yayasan Selangor was still following the system put in place by the previous state government.
However, she said the Pakatan state government would intensify its publicity campaign on the issue, and explain the benefits of the loan to the people regardless of race.
"The state government's education loan is open to all races and there is no quota set," she added.
The exco also slammed MCA and MIC for turning the matter into a racial issue and questioned why they did not voice out when BN was running the state.
Meanwhile, Yayasan Selangor manager Anizen Ibrahim denied that the state-run boarding schools were only meant for students from national schools.
Responding to a question from a parent present at the press conference, she said students with excellent exam results, irrespective of whether from national or vernacular schools, would be admitted.
The parent had complained that her daughter, who studied in a Tamil school, was denied admission despite scoring 7As in the UPSR examination.
She said a Yayasan Selangor officer had rejected the application and told her that the boarding schools were only open to students from national schools.
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