SEREMBAN, 9 Sept 2017:
A total RM909,250 in loans was written off from the overall loans issued by the Negeri Sembilan Islamic Religious Council (Mains) to students studying in universities in the Middle Eastern countries.
Mains secretary Kamal Amran Kamarudin said students who completed their studies with excellent results would have their loans written-off and they included two students who obtained ‘Mumtaz’ and ‘Jayid Jiddin’, whose study loans were converted to scholarship, involving RM142,000.
“13 students who scored ‘Jayyid’ results were given a 75% discount – involving RM696,937.50 – while RM47,375 in loans were deducted for six students who achieved the ‘Jayyid’, ‘Maqbul’ and ‘Mustahsan’ results as they were given a 50% discount.
“A reduction of 25% was also given to five students who obtained the ‘Maqbul’ results, involving RM22,937.50.”
He said Mains would only collect the balance of RM346,500.00 in loan repayments and hoped the students who had completed their studies to make the loan repayments to enable the council to sponsor more students.
Deputy Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, who is Mains chairman, also advised students – as recipients of the study loans – to be honest and used the funds, which was obtained from tithe collection, for their studies.
– Bernama