KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Jan 2018:
The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) will investigate a claim by one of its borrowers that a private college where she had studied had charged her excessive fees.
“We urge the relevant party (who made the complaint) to come to the PTPTN office to discuss the matter,” said a PTPTN spokesman.
The Malaysian Islamic Consumers Association (PPIM) yesterday held a press conference regarding an alleged scam by a private college – which allegedly imposed excessive charges on students and promised them job opportunities after graduation.
The former student had claimed that after she had graduated with a diploma and degree in Islamic Banking and Finance, she had to repay a loan of RM70,000 – and the job guarantee given by the college turned out to be false.
“I had taken a RM70,000 loan for my diploma and degree programmes. Each semester, I received RM8,000 and after the study fees were deducted, I should have been left with about RM4,000.
“However, my college charged excessive fees for administrative and other purposes,” said the student during the press conference at the PPIM office here.
The student, who had taken a full study loan, said she had remained unemployed for six months before she joined the 1Malaysia Training Scheme to secure a job.
PPIM chief activist Datuk Nadzim Johan urged the Higher Education Ministry to monitor all private education institutions to prevent students from becoming victims of fraud.
“We also urge PTPTN to conduct an investigation into the allocation of funds so that students are not burdened with debt after graduation, and left without a job.”
– Bernama