Breaking the cycle of poverty for the poor begins with their children. Selangor’s educational welfare assistance has been geared towards equipping the youth with financial and learning opportunities. The following are a snapshot of more to come.
A fund targeted for estate workers, the Estate Workers’ Children Education Fund was launched in 2010 with the intention to improve their children educational performance and help them attain technical and working skills.
Some of the assistance includes providing assistance for Tamil vernacular schools in the estates by hiring teachers, building student hostels and providing stationery and other amenities for these students. Students with excellent examination results will be rewarded accordingly.
The state also provides scholarship assistance for students from the estate worker background who have successfully entered local higher learning institutes for their first semester education fees.
The state’s most generous programme thus far under this fund is the sponsorship of estate worker’ students to study in the INPENS International College.
All students with at least a PMR passing grade applying to study vocational and technical courses in the college will be sponsored in full by the state government, lodging and meal included. Since 2009, more than 300 students have benefitted from the INPENS programme.
Tuition Class
A tangible and practical means to assist the state’s children academic standings, the state initiated the People Tution Programme in 2009 to assist the state’s STPM and SPM students from poor background and given free tution classes in core subjects.
The students are tutored by retired school teachers in English, Mathematics, Bahasa Malaysia and History subjects. This program has attracted more than 8500 participants for 2009 and 2010.
As another means to appreciate all Selangor citizens, the state government under its University Entrance Gift provides RM 1000 gift for Selangor-born or raised children entering diploma or degree courses with government recognised local higher learning institutes.
From 2008 to 2011, 24541 applicants have received the cash gift, with the state spending more than RM 23 million for this program. -The Rocket
