KUALA TERENGGANU, April 20 (Bernama) -- Five hundred poor students and orphans in Terengganu will be able to pursue pre-diploma programmes funded by the Terengganu Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (Maidam).
Maidam chief executive officer/secretary Wan Harujan Sulaiman said Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) leavers with a minimum of three credits including Bahasa Melayu, English and Mathematics were eligible to apply.
"Application forms have been distributed to the school counsellors and the closing date is April 30 for a one-semester course starting in June," he told reporters, here, Wednesday.
The course titled "Changing the Destiny of Our Children", is conducted by Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), with the participants supervised by the university's lecturers.
"Maidam is expected to spend RM1 million for these 500 students," he said.
The first session was carried out with 126 SPM leavers costing Maidam RM252,000, he said, adding that eligible participants could further their studies at the diploma or degree level at UiTM.
Wan Harujan was met by reporters after a zakat collection presentation by Lembaga Tabung Haji (Tabung Haji), which was represented by its Corporate Finance and Services general manager Mohd Hisham Harun.
At the event, Tabung Haji handed over RM2,931,925.89 on behalf of its depositers in Terengganu and RM150,000 from its subsidiary company, TH Travel & Services Sdn Bhd, to Maidam representative Tengku Sri Bendahara Raja, Tengku Mustaffa Kamel.
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